2009/5/26 paul perrin <[email protected]>: > > Its not free; its pre-paid... But despite having to pay you have no > choice over who delivers the service... unless you can afford to pay > all over again of course...
"Free" to mean "free at point of use" is a pretty universal usage. Having gone through a very bad health patch which is by no means entirely over I am very grateful indeed that the amount I pay is not determined by how often I make use of the facilities. It would be a disaster for us all if it were. Nor am I quite sure that "no choice" is really right. I can (and have) chosen the better of the GP surgeries in the health centre opposite. I have a test tomorrow which involves sleeping over at a hospital and have chosen UCL not Homerton because it is more convenient for me (my GP asked me which hospital I'd like and I picked - it felt like a choice). Obviously its all delivered by "the Health Service" in some sense, but I'm not sure that has as much practical effect as it might seem. NB: I'm not saying choice is the right or wrong policy, I'm just saying that it does exist. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
