Prescription Charges – The case for Abolition

Colin Fox MSP writes:

I was on Princes Street in Edinburgh on Saturday. The Scottish Campaign to Remove All Prescription Charges was conducting a street stall. The response from the public was fantastic. It always is. It is easy to see why the polls show support for scrapping this 'tax on the sick' running at 7 to 1. And can I say a big thank you to all the Scottish Mirror readers who stopped to sign our petition.

One senior citizen I met, a man called Tommy from Livingston, asked if I knew why the charges were introduced in the first place. I did but let him tell me anyway. 'To pay for Britains involvement in the Korean War.' He told me. And he was right, at least in part. 'Surely', he laughed, 'after 53 years we must have paid for it by now!'

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(from Scottish Daily Mirror 27th Sept.)