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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.