Talk:Health in the Isle of Man

Beecroft proposal
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Kate Beecroft, the minister of health, proposed in 2017 that the prescription charge scheme in the island should be altered, increasing the charge to £5 and reducing the categories of people exempt from charges to: She said that this could raise an annual income £3.86 million from the current level of £692,000, though this would be reduced if more people bought pre-payment certificates.
 * Under 16s
 * Under 19s in full-time education
 * Aged 75 and over
 * Those on benefits
 * Prisoners

-- Jytdog (talk) 14:33, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


 * These are "reforms unveiled by the Department of Health and Social Care last month". Not just proposals.Rathfelder (talk) 21:51, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


 * You have removed the prescription exemption list. That is not a proposal.  That is the current situation.Rathfelder (talk) 21:52, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Both you and the sources have described these as proposals: "proposed reforms unveiled by the Department of Health and Social Care". Jytdog (talk) 22:06, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


 * The the prescription exemption list is not a proposal. IT's a description of the current situation.Rathfelder (talk) 12:57, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I restored it. Please address the actual dispute. Jytdog (talk) 13:41, 5 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I am not disputing anything. I just object to your bullying behaviour. Rathfelder (talk) 19:39, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok so the edit warring of NOTNEWS content into WP will stop. We are done. Jytdog (talk) 21:19, 5 October 2017 (UTC)