There are difficult choices to make re NHS funding - but there are options.
Simply asserting that alternatives are uncomfortable, unattractive, or unfair to a particular group does not solve the problem. I am not advocating a particular solution - simply that a failure to do so (however difficult) means problems will remain unresolved.
As a country we are living beyond our means - low growth, low productivity. We should not delude ourselves that changes for the better will somehow happen without effort and pain.
Other European health services face similar problems with health services funded by alternatives including payment for appointments, contribution to treatment costs, social insurance etc. There is no good reason why these (and other changes) should not form part of the solution.
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