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by eggfriedrice 2648 days ago
>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-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.