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This 5G thing is going to be a permanent part of our anti-intellectual landscape, now, isn't it?
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This 5G thing is going to be a permanent part of our anti-intellectual landscape, now, isn't it?
Sweden have less infections and deaths without shutting down the economy. They have flattened the peak with social distancing and shielding. South Korea have successfully flattened the curve with track and trace. Lockdown wasn't the only option to surpress the spread. But is likely to be the most damaging to personal incomes and public service provisions. At some point this money has to be paid back Austerity 2.0 anyone?* have * died
Maybe start with a nominal £10.00 charge for a doctor's appointment. Get it back if you qualify for a refund. Isn't this what they do on the continent?Taxes will have to risem there is no doubt about that.
It could well be a strong economy is needed to fund the NHS. Wasn't that the Tory mantra for a number of years until recently.The beginning of the end of a free health service there.
This could be a way to stop people abusing the service but still keep it universally accessible at a time when funding will no doubt be restricted.Maybe start with a nominal £10.00 charge for a doctor's appointment. Get it back if you qualify for a refund. Isn't this what they do on the continent?
The people I know who (I think) abuse the service aren't going to be stopped by a tenner.This could be a way to stop people abusing the service but still keep it universally accessible at a time when funding will no doubt be restricted.
That is no doubt true, but 'people' aren't too bothered about them, as we can see for the last few years/decades....What if you live from hand to mouth as so many do? Even having £10 spare is something a lot of people don't have. So then you get even more deaths from people in poverty as they are too scared to go to the doctor in case they don't get the £10 they might have had to borrow from a lender back.
I don't disagree that some people abuse it, but using a hammer to crack a nut will always disadvantage those that need it more than ever.
Sweden have less infections and deaths without shutting down the economy. They have flattened the peak with social distancing and shielding. South Korea have successfully flattened the curve with track and trace. Lockdown wasn't the only option to surpress the spread. But is likely to be the most damaging to personal incomes and public service provisions. At some point this money has to be paid back Austerity 2.0 anyone?
Maybe it's time to consider an alternative to the left's wet dream of "free at the point of delivery" (like they do in our European neighbours).But I guess the privatization wet dream of the right that caused the starvation of the NHS and indirectly the lockdown will be rolled out again.
The people I know who (I think) abuse the service aren't going to be stopped by a tenner.
What about the people that don't have a spare tenner?Maybe it's time to consider an alternative to the left's wet dream of "free at the point of delivery" (like they do in our European neighbours).
Everyone's got a spare tenner. They might say they haven't but you can usually guess by their tattoos or piercings that they probably do have.What about the people that don't have a spare tenner?
Everyone's got a spare tenner. They might say they haven't but you can usually guess by their tattoos or piercings that they probably do have.
You seem to know a lot about these things. I've begun to wonder, but say I prang my car - I go into the back of someone. Nothing too nasty. Just some damage to the two cars, plus a broken nose and some damage to my spine resulting in several trips to an NHS chiropractor. Obviously I get stung for the damage to the cars - either I pay for it up front or I put it through insurance and pay the excess and increased premiums - but who pays the NHS for the treatment to my back? Would I get stung for it in some way, or does it all come out of the public purse?Lot of OAP's would fit into that category for sure. Also, the health service is not 'FREE.' It's paid for by tax/national insurance .. in effect … us. Which is why the right keep sniffing around it because there's a vast pile of money to be had that originates with the general population.