Savid Javid has said that the govt cannot continue to fund the NHS because our children and grandchildren will have to pay for it in future.
This is yet another example of politicians trying to cause a split between the generations.
Thousands of people are suffering from very long delays in getting treatment and the sick elderly that do not need to be in hospital are "bed blocking" because there is insufficient money available for social care. According to an A & E doctor on Vine this morning the NHS is short of 28,000 beds, for example.
Ever since the NHS was first introduced each generation has contributed towards it. My grandfather was still working during the fifties and my father started work in 1945, as did my mother. Those generations contributed towards health and social care costs of subsequent generations, as did I (and still do) and my nieces and nephews. I don't recall my grandfather or my parents complaining about this. I certainly don't complain because I realise that each generation should help the next.
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