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Entitlement…?
And nonsense. Healthcare is free in the UK. Roads are free in the UK, apart from a handful of toll roads and bridges.
Electricity is not free. I pay for that. Earning a salary is not free. I pay for that. Internet access is not free, I pay for that. But the healthcare is free. I can visit the doctor as many times as I like, I can have the most insanely expensive operation and I won't get charged a penny.
At the theme park, the rides are free after you've paid admission. You can go on as many as you like until you decide to go home or the park closes. The food isn't free, you have to pay for that. At the hospital, you don't have to even pay admission, and you absolutely don't have to be a taxpayer, all the healthcare is free. But the car parking and the food aren't free (unless you're an inpatient), you have to pay for those.
Please see the sources I dropped in the other comment. The primary source of funding is general taxation. Which again I am in favor of.
The theme park is not free. You would say “we paid to go there.” You paid to go to the hospital Even if you aren’t charged for every individual thing you did while you were there. Your healthcare is not free.
You are doing a lot of maneuvering to bend the meaning of these words. But when you went to the hospital, you paid for it already.
No I didn't pay already - I've paid far less in tax than I've had spent on me in hospitals. I didn't pay. Children don't pay. Pensioners don't pay. People on universal don't pay. Not even billionaires pay for healthcare unless they go private. No one pays for healthcare in the UK apart from the government. It's free.
Yes, absolutely the government is funded by taxation. But taxation is paid according to income, it has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not you use healthcare. The healthcare is free. Earned income is not.
It doesn’t matter if you paid less than you cost! You spent money on it! What are you not getting here? A good deal doesn’t mean you didn’t pay for something that’s insane.
I never said it has anything to do with whether or not you use healthcare or to what extent. You are paying into the pot and you are extracting from it (as is your right!) when you go to the hospital. You are paying for your nation’s healthcare every day, every year. It is not free. By definition. And it is a GOOD system!
Dude this is speaking to a brick wall. How many sources do I need to show you? You are paying taxes, those taxes fund the hospitals. You are paying for healthcare. I’m out lmao I can’t believe I let you drag out this conversation this long - you’re either a troll or just too obstinate to function
No, free healthcare has NOTHING to do with being a taxpayer or not - everyone gets it - no one checks your taxpaying credentials when you enter the hospital, that would be monstrous. The healthcare is free. Taxes are charges on income, not charges on healthcare. The healthcare is free, the income isn't.
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