I agree, it's a whole different ball game if it's for sound medical reasons as opposed to a unilateral cost cutting excercise towards systematically chosen groups.
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Originally Posted by martyh
I think the whole issue of NHS funding needs addressing .We(the public) need to realise that funding something like the NHS in a modern world with ever increasing tech and new more costly procedures cannot be done with less tax .If a separate tax needs to be introduced or a new funding method then so be it
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Totally agree, I have long advocated this approach as opposed to hiding the cost within tax and National Insurance.
The electorate have consistently voted for Governments that promise both services
and tax cuts.
This was often achieved through the Tory (then renamed and continued by Labour) idea of involving the private sector.
This is much more costly in the long term, but gives politicians the pretence in the short term that we can have services for nothing, for the selfish benefit of their own political careers.
As we can see around the UK the chickens are now coming home to roost.
I think that a seperate identified tax for the NHS would be a positive move.