This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Bring prescription charges into line with retirement age
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Currently, prescriptions are provided free to anyone over the age of 60. The public sector retirement age is 65, and increasing to 68. Lifespans are also increasing. Private sector workers can continue beyond that age.
This means that the taxpayer is contributing to prescriptions for people at the peak of their earnings, who do not need it, at a time when the NHS faces a shortfall.
Free prescriptions should be provided to retired people, not simply anyone over the age of 60, with fair means testing for those with high volume needs.
This petition closed early because of a General Election
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