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An attempt is being made at Holyrood to abolish prescription charges.
Scottish Socialist Party leader Colin Fox introduced a member's bill earlier this year, claiming the charges amount to a "tax on the sick".
The SSP wants MSPs to follow the Welsh Assembly, which will phase out charges by 2007.
The bill has moved to the health committee for discussion by MSPs and is being backed by the public services union Unison.
Unison health organiser Jim Devine said cost was a factor in 75,000 prescriptions not being picked up every year in Scotland.
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