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Originally Posted by Busty2
I doubt they will, because most people are under the misguided impression that UK healthcare is free. It's far from it. When i left the UK 22 years ago i was paying £1600 a month that was around $2400. For National Insurance, this was for health care and pensions+ 40% Tax on income. 22 years later its probably way more than that?
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Healthcare is by no means free. It's only free at the point of supply.
Your $600 a week paid for a lot more than healthcare. It covered all Government spending of which healthcare is just a part of.
As you can see most is spent on welfare. That covers Unemployment, pensions, then health then education. Can it be cut? In my opinion yes but not only by austerity, reducing the population will reduce unemployment while raising wages for the masses.
To answer the question asked by the OP. No. Not while the Pharma industry buys politicians.