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To: Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health
Keep the NHS Free at Point-of-Access
Keep the NHS Free at Point-of-Access
Why is this important?
In the House of Lords, a chamber of unelected representatives, the Government has proposed, through an unelected representative, that it is time to re-examine the NHS, and decide how best to make citizens pay at point of use, whether through compulsory insurance, or through additional taxes.
https://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/government-moves-to-consider-nhs-user-charges
We already pay an additional tax to fund the NHS - it is called National Insurance. To propose we need additional taxation, or that we need to pay for services as we use them, not only disregards the fact that citizens already pay, but will be the beginning of a two-tier NHS, where only those who can afford to pay can be treated.
As it is, the National Health Service is the envy of much of the world. We need to keep it that way.
https://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/government-moves-to-consider-nhs-user-charges
We already pay an additional tax to fund the NHS - it is called National Insurance. To propose we need additional taxation, or that we need to pay for services as we use them, not only disregards the fact that citizens already pay, but will be the beginning of a two-tier NHS, where only those who can afford to pay can be treated.
As it is, the National Health Service is the envy of much of the world. We need to keep it that way.
