 Re: NHS prescriptions as Private
I think I get the gist of what your saying but;
A lot of people (me included) who are on Incapacity Benefit don't get free prescriptions as IB is classed as "income" (whereas unemployment JSA and IS are not) and the long-term IB rate is just above the threshold for a HC2. I agree too that the NHS dispensing fee in England is a rip-off but: At the same time I need 30-60 Ondansetron 4mg tabs per month; thats over £214 on a private script. About 65% on the money I get every month on a single script item? Impossible.
Not to mention those fancy Butrans patches are not exactly cheap either. Ergo here is the problem. If you abolish the NHS fee then there can be no PPC system for the people need regular costly meds but don't quite make one of the "free" categories. It may not longer affect me as a change in circumstance has got me a HC2 now; but there are many more in the position I used to be.
Just look at how flawed and overstretched Medicaid is in the US.
mr_colt.
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