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[baggieal]

A friend in the pub last night said that everyone in work should pay into a private health fund so they would be guaranteed good care if they became il.
I pointed out that we already had that, it was called the NHS and we paid NI for it.
The trouble was it was thrown open to everyone and now people come from the other side of the world to use it.
I can understand where the bloke was coming from, but wouldn't a simpler solution have been to make people coming into the UK pay to use it?

Totally 100% agree. If you travel to the USA and are hospitalised then your insurance cover picks up the cost and not the state. Any non U.K. citizens should not receive any free treatment and should have travel insurance. Illegal immigrants too should receive nothing free!! The key word being - illegal!!!

Still think pop up medical centres should be allowed to open. I would pay let’s say £100 ( like a CVS or Walgreen ) for immediate attention than waiting in A and E with some morons especially if it’s a child needing that attention - many would!! Bit like private schools - pressure is being taken off the state schools but those parents don’t get or ask for rebates because they are not using the state system. People are simply choosing the best option even if it comes at a cost.