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[Youngstu]

20 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Is there a reason why it’s possible for most people to afford to insure their house and their car, but not their health?
 

Surely health insurance is only expensive currently because it’s not mainstream.

a quick Google brought this up for the US!

 

"In 2024, the average annual cost of individual health insurance in the United States was US$8,951, while the average cost for a family policy was US$25,572"

 

Probably why there are so many uninsured people where it isn't part of their salary package (those with less money and in lower earning jobs) and why the cuts to medicare are such a massive problem for the less wealthy.  

 

 

 

[Oldfeller]

I personally haven't heard reform as a group, or Farage state he/they would privatize the NHS, so I looked it up, and I found this below.

 

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’? – Full Fact

FULLFACT.ORG

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In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Johnsond]

7 hours ago, Mark J said:

think that if they have genuine asylum claims to live here they should be allowed to.

There is the point the sensible conversation ends

[Johnsond]

7 hours ago, Mark J said:

you support Reform you support the privitisation of the NHS and everything that goes with it.

It's that simple. 

 

Not correct that’s just citizen smith, free Palestine type of bollocks. You still didn’t answer any of the questions I put to you 

[tree-fancier123]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

that seems to be the tactic reform are using in order to get their hands on the NHS. 

 

A vote for Reform is a nail in your vulnerable friend or relatives' coffin. 

Sometimes you just have to sacrifice a friend or relative for the good of the country.

Seriously - because Reform wont want day after day of demos and riots it would go means tested, so just insist on being paid cash, sweet

[Mark J]

21 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

I personally haven't heard reform as a group, or Farage state he/they would privatize the NHS, so I looked it up, and I found this below.

 

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’? – Full Fact

FULLFACT.ORG

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In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steven P]

10 hours ago, Mark J said:

Assuming the illegals issue is resovled by Farage, as he seeks to do, how long then do you think it will be until Reform privatise the NHS?

 

As far as I can tell his policies for this is to turn into Gandolf, stand on the White Cliffs of Dover shouting "You Shall Not Pass" and then "Oh, you did, OK, you over there You Shall Not Pass... oh they did too"

[Johnsond]

4 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

As far as I can tell his policies for this is to turn into Gandolf, stand on the White Cliffs of Dover shouting "You Shall Not Pass" and then "Oh, you did, OK, you over there You Shall Not Pass... oh they did too"

A worthless post Blagger, but seeing as you are here again any chance you can sort those loose ends out 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[Johnsond]

9 hours ago, Johnsond said:

The insanity of it is the fact I get the same level of treatment as an illegal immigrant arriving yesterday or a person who’s never worked a day in their lives Mark, you think that’s fair or sustainable. 

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️Well Mark

[Steven P]

6 hours ago, tree-fancier123 said:

the trouble is, due to the sheer size of the world, those with genuine asylym claims is a large number of people. Admitting all would require even more urbanisation to house them. If 60k a year are kept there is a new town to be built each and every year. As far as I can see its been happening that way for 2 or more decades.

Being human doesn't mean being soft - practical considerations should come before compassion.

The UK imports a staggering 65% of fresh produce - when farmland is converted to housing it can easily be converted back to growing crops by moving all the people who live there into a government dormitory the size of an Amazon warehouse.

Vote reform - better to lose the NHS than lose at keeping our country from being overrun.

 

However for at least the 2nd half of the last Tory government, 60,000 or whatever the number is (that was at its peak) is dwarfed by the government approved immigrants - that half million a year net migration are the ones who are putting pressure on housing, on farmland, on all our resources. They are the ones who come to steal our jobs and houses.

 

I suspect that all on this forum know that well but some choose to blame all of the UKs problems on a tiny number of people.