>> most prescribed items are less than the £9 charge.
I realise you'd know better than I, but at retail I'm surprised. A salbutamol inhaler here costs about £3.00 and is OTC medicine. But most stuff is in the £20 - £40 price range with some stuff considerably more.
Cancer patients here, even those with standard insurance, are frequently in real trouble and end up bankrupt. Literally, house, car, everything gone just to pay for cancer drugs. Or drugs for any long term condition for that matter.
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