One for for Genghis Khan

[xoggoth]

Cant' be *rsed to read all that except to say "What DA said". Sound chap generally. (Apart from on globalisation and foxhunting)

[sasguru]

So a two tier system then?

One of the taboos in British healthcare provision for every political party.

Not really a two-tier system. You pay some costs if you are working, on a sliding scale depending on income (for consultations and prescriptions), but not if you aren't. These fees are in any case subsidised by the state.
Chronic and long term conditions are free.
Seems fair enough to me.
Yes the NHS is a sacred cow that will eventually bankrupt this country.
The NHS is now the 3rd largest employer in the world after the Chinese Army and the Indian Railways.

[Lucy]

Not really a two-tier system. You pay some costs if you are working, on a sliding scale depending on income (for consultations and prescriptions), but not if you aren't. These fees are in any case subsidised by the state.

'From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs'

No fffing incentive to work, is there?

[sasguru]

Cant' be *rsed to read all that except to say "What DA said". Sound chap generally. (Apart from on globalisation and foxhunting)

I hate the word "sound". It's like "common sense". Usually people described as having those qualities are anything but.

[sasguru]

'From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs'

No fffing incentive to work, is there?

No incentive to work here either, everyfink being free, innit?