The former prime minister hit out following a claim by Sajid Javid that patients should be charged for visiting GPs or A&E wards.
Gordon Brown has warned that senior Conservatives are "testing the water for a different kind of NHS" which could see the public charged for some services.
Brown, who stepped down as Labour leader in 2010, warned "the direction in which the Conservatives are travelling is already clear". "But the direction in which the Conservatives are travelling is already clear. The sick would pay for being sick and charging would force, as has happened with GP and hospital fees in France, the better-off sections of the population to take out private insurance – inevitably creating, in its wake, a two-tier healthcare system.
Scottish politics The under-pressure health secretary spoke out after a leaked document revealed senior bosses had debated the creation of a "two-tier system" which could see wealthier Scots asked to pay.
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