Patients with diseases caused by their lifestyle must pay for health care, a Tory MP urged yesterday.
Dr Phillip Lee said sufferers of type 2 diabetes and similar illnesses should lose their right to free prescriptions to save the NHS from collapse.
He told an Institute of Economic Affairs briefing: “If you want to have doughnuts for breakfast, fine, but there is a cost implication down the line.”
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