Lord Palmer
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(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Lord Sassoon
I am grateful to my noble friend for allowing me to say again that we have absolutely no plans to introduce any such change to the benefit-in-kind rules or to the way in which private healthcare interrelates with the NHS.
Lord Palmer
My Lords, is that not a terrible shame? In order to ease the pressure on the National Health Service, would it not make sense, particularly for those who are self-employed, to allow their health insurance premiums to be offset against their income tax?
Lord Sassoon
As I have explained, to date I have seen no evidence that leads to that conclusion. The Treasury has done no detailed studies on the matter.