Whilst I agree that for some people £40 would be difficult, I think it is a figure which begins to demonstrate just how expensive healthcare is, and how difficult it will be to get back to a quality free at the point of delivery NHS. Of course the highest earners should pay way, way more than an...
This is the bit that many people do not understand. With the increasing age of our population, the increasing cost and complexity of treatments, the expectations of some people for cosmetic surgery and our growing population the actual price of funding the NHS has risen enormously. To fund it...