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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1439884" data-attributes="member: 94045">At the end of the day, in England, those who can afford to pay for prescriptions and are not exempt do pay, and so contribute to the NHS fund. Those who can't pay usually receive them for free, those with multiple medications are generously subsidised, those with certain chronic conditions such as diabetes get them for free. Children, students and pensioners get them for free without a means test.  Very few people actually pay.Quote from 2014<a href="http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/prescription-charge-overhaul-would-raise-1bn-a-year-for-nhs-says-think-tank/20066348.article" target="_blank">http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/prescription-charge-overhaul-would-raise-1bn-a-year-for-nhs-says-think-tank/20066348.article</a>Some 1 billion prescriptions are dispensed annually in England, with around £450m raised from prescription charges in 2012–2013. The think tank notes that while 40% of the population are liable to pay the prescription charge, in practice 90.6% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge.Of the 9.4% of prescriptions that are paid for, 5.2% are through cash payments and the remaining 4.2% are covered by pre-payment certificates, which provide a cap on the maximum people have to pay. These certificates cost £29.10 for three months and £104 for a year.</blockquote>

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