Quote:
Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I had to earn my living at the same time as trying to further my education. It wasn't easy.
My daughter isn't entitled to EMA but we are far from rich with money to throw away.
It isn't a fair system but that's life - life isn't fair.
Another example of how unfair life is - some people who need medicines to stay alive get free prescriptions because their medical conditions are on a government list. My father needed numerous tablets but as his condition did not come under any of the headings he had to pay for everything. Why? If he'd stopped taking his tablets he'd have dropped dead.
|
Yes there was a little girl in the paper the other week, 6yrs old, who'd raised £8000 for her dad to have cancer treatment that wasn't funded by NHS.
I think the NHS funding is a little different that education funding, in the sense that, with educational funding they dont weigh up your chances of success, and unfortunatly with health, if its a medication they dont subscribe and you aren't likely to survive, then they cut the funds going to you in alot of cases.
Its not just the case of whether its on a list, its also whether the illness is past a certain point as well, as with that little girls dad, who apparently is doing really well on the medicine he's had to pay for.
I think I've heard in some cases that if NHS dont fund the medicine, but you pay for it yourself and do really well on it, then you can make an appeal for the funds.
The way I see this, is that I put down a third of the income on those EMA forms, so if those who are earning that are saying they struggle to live off 3 times my families income, and pay for bus fare and equipment for their children up to the costs of £30 a week tops, then their priorities clearly aren't right. Maybe its the fact that your running the car? We dont have a car in my household so I guess if people on low income can cope without that then aot of you could probably save oney by not having one, save on road tax and whatever and then buy a yearly bus pass or whatever
save the environment
