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    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.

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        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.

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            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.