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Old 22-07-2011, 18:44   #25
DaveinGermany
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Re: One example of many within the NHS

To use your own turn of phrase;

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By that misguided logic


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The potential for bankrupting the NHS is there, is it not?

If a coeliac considers that the need to eat bread cake and biscuits is essential to survival, then they should not expect to be fed free by taxpayers.

I have reactions to many items sold in supermarkets, and have to source alternatives at my own expense. I do not expect the NHS to provide them.
Yes it is, but the same can be said about any form of practice authorised through the NHS. What is at issue here is what is deemed as treatment & prevention hence the "Prescription" your various ills if so classified by the NHS would also be treated due to your entitlement.

As to being fed by the taxpayer aren't those in receipt not also at present or in the past taxpayers, so in the end they are paying for it themselves.
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