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Originally Posted by GeoffC
providing one slightly overlooks the dentistry and optical professions that mostly rely on self-funding for treatment - excepting emergency and those on benefits....though eye sight tests are free in Scotland. Prescription charges still feature as a tax upon those who are ill (except in Wales and decreasing annually in Scotland (not too sure about N. Ireland)).
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And residential care - the elderly often have to sell their homes to pay for the care they need.