Disgraceful!

As I always understood it, the deal was that you paid your National Insurance stamp (and I remember when it was a stamp) and this entitled you to treatment under the NHS. There was no opting out - you were in the scheme whether you liked it or not. So on what basis then are we now being told that if we pay privately for medication which the NHS are not prepared to supply, we thereupon lose our right to NHS treatment? This is shocking, shabby and a blatant breach of contract. Write to your MP, or e-mail him/her a copy of this post. This is something which must not be allowed to continue.