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Originally Posted by Flyboy
Right...so, you mean as in the one we have now?
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No, do read the rest of my comments.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
A compulsory and progressive premium for health care purposes. Kinda how National Insurance is supposed to be.
The point is to ring fence both the income and outgoings of the health service to avoid it being used as a political football and to keep its' income consistent rather than it having gobs of money thrown at it under one government then withdrawn by another to balance the books.
This keeps it at a medium level and avoids any sharp adjustments in funding as such adjustments would be rather easily apparent to tax payers while at the moment it can be hidden to an extent through borrowing  |
Rather different from what we have now in that a government can't just throw money at the NHS in a 'spend now, publish blurb to get votes now, pay later' arrangement. Strictly ring fenced and PAYG with exceptions for exceptional periods such as the present economic crisis, deficits incurred during these times to be repaid as soon as feasible, as decided by a non-partisan body.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
An elected House of Lords would simply rubber stamp anything that came their way. After all, they would match the House of Commons in electoral make-up.
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Not if they were elected based on PR.