People Over 60 Could Be Charged For Prescriptions Under New Government Plans

[the_bloke]

36 minutes ago, AKAMD said:

I used to have one before I got them free!!!!!!!!!  The £9 per month is paid in advance for the year, and not everyone has £108 to lay out.  I still say ALL prescriptions should be free, like in Scotland!  And I do know what I'm talking about, thank you very much!

You can pay for it monthly via Direct Debit.

[Anna B]

On 09/07/2021 at 17:49, the_bloke said:

Surely if they can't work due to a health condition they would be in receipt of benefits and get free prescriptions anyway?

Not necessarily. It's not as easy as people think to get benefits, particularly if you are middle aged with a few savings behind you. Many benefits are means tested so you won't qualify. Ill health retirement is not easy to get either as some debilitating illnesses are hard to diagnose and even harder to prove to the satisfaction of our draconian benefits system.