>In the UK. It costs £0 to see the doctor and for the inhaler now is £8.80. In Scotland prescriptions are "free", i.e., I don't pay anything for my inhalers, o

>In the UK. It costs £0 to see the doctor and for the inhaler now is £8.80. In Scotland prescriptions are "free", i.e., I don't pay anything for my inhalers, or anything else prescribed by my doctor. This costs the Scottish health service £1.3bn (https://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-for-prescriptions-in-scotland-rises-by-25-in-the-last-decade-to-1-3bn-1-4773180 https://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-for-prescriptions-in-scot...). I don't know how sustainable that cost will be, but I don't hear anyone complaining about the policy, except for opposition parties.