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<blockquote data-quote="kittypoker" data-source="post: 1345014" data-attributes="member: 356854"><p>I don't really think it's an either/or. When I first came to the UK from Australia, I went to the doc with a heavy cold. As I left the office, I tried to pay the usual token amount I'd always paid at home and was told it was free. I was shocked, and remain shocked, 40 years later. The NHS is fantastic, and a wonderful theory. But it's just not practical. It can't possibly work in the longer term without an increase in tax (NI) or charging a small amount for those who can afford it. And why is there no penalty for patients who don't turn up for appointments? They clog up the system and make it so much harder for the really ill to be seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kittypoker, post: 1345014, member: 356854"] I don't really think it's an either/or. When I first came to the UK from Australia, I went to the doc with a heavy cold. As I left the office, I tried to pay the usual token amount I'd always paid at home and was told it was free. I was shocked, and remain shocked, 40 years later. The NHS is fantastic, and a wonderful theory. But it's just not practical. It can't possibly work in the longer term without an increase in tax (NI) or charging a small amount for those who can afford it. And why is there no penalty for patients who don't turn up for appointments? They clog up the system and make it so much harder for the really ill to be seen. [/QUOTE]
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