Quote by jaymar
Some are saying it's another fraudelent way of making the government some money, ...
Surely it is going to cost them money not make them money 
I don't know, I'm just going by the report but you are charged for prescriptions and eventually it may be available over the counter.. who knows :dunno:
Yes, people who are not exempt (low income, unemployed etc) pay a fixed prescription charge. Sometimes the medication prescribed is valued less than the prescription charge (eg widely prescribed generic steroids can cost something as little as 1p-2p each) though there is also an extensive range of drugs which cost more than the prescription charge. These can easily exceed £100 in value, yet provided for the same prescription charge
On top of that, for every prescription handed in to a pharmacy (whether exempt or not), there will be a dispensing charge payable to the pharmacy.
Then there is the cost of the GP’s time (to prescribe the drug in the first place).
I would hope the rest of the article/report was a little more credible and research than the government scam comment.
