[spiralpolitik]

In the UK a lot of NHS trusts now require you book doctors appointments via the internet.

The majority of UK government services now push you to self service via the internet.

At this point life in the UK without an internet connection would be very difficult and in some cases fatal.

[tonyedgecombe]

I don't think that is true. The biggest consumers of health care are the elderly and many of them (possibly most) don't have the ability to navigate online services.

[avar]

Then book a doctor's appointment at a library, café, or if you truly have to do it at home a neighbour would surely spin up a hotspot for you in the 5 minutes it takes if it's a dire emergency.

Someone with no home connection to the Internet is still way ahead of anyone in the 20th century, where you often needed to travel in person to various government offices throughout the year for things that can now be trivially done online.

People "need" ISP's for entertainment purposes.