I would like to just say, my mum has crohns disease, before they worked that out she was left in a serious state and close to death many a time. They had to remortgage their home to pay for an operation... this was before nhs was introduced... my parents are still paying for that 30 years later!
She needed many more operations and had the nhs not been introduced... she would be dead because they wouldn't have been able to afford it.
People complain about money going to fund health care for people... but just imagine if you actually knew the people dying because they can't afford treatment!
My parents are now successful, they pay into the system, without which they wouldn't have been able to which completes the circle.
Nhs has meant my children are healthy and alive... care which I would not have been able to afford. I couldn't begin to imagine what would have happened had nhs not been available... I know I would have held 3 dead babies! My 3 little boys would be dead and buried, maybe me and my daughter too!
I know America is bashing England and the nhs... but it has saved thousands of lives.
P.s I buy my own testing equipment, that isn't free... only things they deem life sustaining are.