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Originally Posted by Damien
Can't see this being a goer. It's a service the vast majority will need a few times in our life at the very least. More to the point the right to healthcare should not be dependent on your income. I don't think anyone wants a situation where someone can't get the treatment they need because they can't afford it.
Maybe we need to increase how much we pay in tax/NI for it. Or put a separate NHS tax so we can all see how much we pay for it.
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The trouble is that people are demanding all sorts of things on the NHS now which once upon a time would never have been envisaged and they'll all argue that they have a genuine 'need'. The line has to be drawn somewhere and wherever such a line exists, there'll be folks who fall the wrong side.