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I believe this is how the UK does it as well. You pay income tax, then you pay your NHS fee.



We pay a "national insurance" tax in addition to income tax, but this is mainly to cover the state pension from what I understand and maternity allowance etc.

As I understand it, NHS comes from general taxation.

Obviously there is no actual "fee" to use the NHS at the point of use - it is all free apart from prescriptions which are the same price regardless of what you get (and you might get it for free anyway depending on your circumstances)


Prescriptions are also completely free in Scotland. Same for Wales and Northern Ireland, as far as I know.


the NHS is mostly funded from general taxation

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/nhs-in-a-nutshell/how-...




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