In article ,
"James Wilkinson" writes:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:44:16 +0100, polygonum wrote:

On 28/06/2016 21:30, James Wilkinson wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 21:24:21 +0100, dennis@home
wrote:

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2016/...-91537224.html


The NHS is a drain on our taxes and should be closed down.

Are you going to fund all your health needs out of your own cash?

Are you going to buy an insurance policy that covers all your health needs?

Whichever, have you any idea how much it will cost you in actual money
terms?

In my entire life, the only thing the NHS fixed for me was a couple of broken bones. That's a lot less than my tax contributions to the NHS. I would much rather have paid for the bones from my own pocket.

Your entire life hasn't happened yet.

How will you cope if you are unlucky enough to acquire a condition that
costs you a few thousand a month to treat for several decades and
leaves you unable to work?

For most people, their NHS expenditure happens mainly near the end of
their lives (the average is something like 50% of lifetime expenditure
is in the last 3 months of life).

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Andrew Gabriel
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