Comments on: Public supports increasing taxes to fund the NHS

By: Terry McGinn

Terry McGinn — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:13:52 +0000

There was a good reason why the founding principles of the NHS were that it be “free at the point of delivery – and funded out of general taxation”
The second part was and id as important as the first. Those far-seeing people recognised that if it were funded out of a specific fund or a hypothecated tax it would be vulnerable to supplementation and people would be “free to pay for non-medical aspects of their care” such as their hotel facilities and catering.
There are those who see an alteration away from “general taxation” as one of the means of destroying the shared risk of being ill.

By: Ken Patterson

Ken Patterson — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:46:38 +0000

As a working pensioner, I’d happily pay NI on all my earned income and pay a 1% NHS tax on my pension.

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By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:06:04 +0000

As a Senior Citizen, I have already paid a working lifetime’s NI contributions. Having put something in, I expect to get something out.

By: Michael WALKER

Michael WALKER — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:20:41 +0000

As an OAP I support raising NI contributions to raise more money for the NHS.
That means other people pay and not me.