Re: so 3 strangers...make sweet harmony,,,keep well all especially Mary. Archived Message Posted by Mary on January 14, 2021, 9:56 am, in reply to "so 3 strangers...make sweet harmony,,,keep well all especially Mary." I'm fit and well thanks subhi as I hope you and we all are. I thank God and Attlee and Bevin for OUR NHS as we know and experience it. Don't let the Tories wreck it. Fight like tigers for it. What was healthcare like before the NHS? 'But this system had significant weaknesses. Fees for GPs were increasing for the middle class and wealthy who were outside the system, leading Thomas Horder, an eminent physician, to complain that his private patients were coming to him armed with the results of diagnostic tests carried out elsewhere to save them money. Wives and children of National Insurance members were excluded, as was hospital treatment, meaning many had to pay further fees, or rely on older workers’ friendly society insurance schemes, free clinics for mothers and children, and visiting pharmacists for advice.' https://theconversation.com/what-was-healthcare-like-before-the-nhs-99055 Message Thread: so 3 strangers...make sweet harmony,,,keep well all especially Mary. - Subhi January 13, 2021, 11:16 pm Re: so 3 strangers...make sweet harmony,,,keep well all especially Mary. - Mary January 14, 2021, 9:56 am nhs and pensions were the greatest alleviators of poverty back in the day.nm - Subhi January 14, 2021, 2:54 pm   Searching