what's homeopathy?

Pieces of sugar dipped in "medicine" and shaken for an indeterminate amount of time.

that sounds... pointless

It is. Tastes nice, though.

"Dr Fisher stated that the process of 'shaking is important' but was unable to say how much shaking was required. He said 'that has not been fully investigated' but did tell us that 'You have to shake it vigorously [...] if you just stir it gently, it does not work'

I didn't know what it was either, but when I read that I thought it was something about jacking off...

While I do agree Homeopathy is useless... there is plenty of room for argument and discussion.

For example, a lot of people are being denied their preffered way of treatment however are still forced to pay into a national healthcare plan. 

It'd be like forcing Christian Scientists or whoever those guys are that don't use hospitals into an insurance plan. 

Additionally, even if the effect is consistant with placebos... Placebos DO have an effect...

They aren't talking about research and funding for research.  They're talkning about withdrawing all coverage from what I can tell.

^^That ridiculous, if the majority think the governement shouldn't pay for it then nobody is going to pay tax for it and if the majority think the governement should pay for it then everybody is going to pay tax for it, that how democracy work. It work around the principle that it's morally more justifiable to impose the will of the majority upon the minority than the other way around, not upon the principle that every individual do and pay for what the fuck they want, that would be Anarcho-capitalism.

I don't think it is morally justifiable to impose teh will of the majority upon the minority.  That leads to a "Rule by mob" form of government. 

The most important thing a democracy must do is protect the rights of minoritys.

To deny someones choice in regards to something that actually effects if they live or not is quite problematic to say the least.  There are few more serious choices you can take away from someone.

People who choose alternative methods of healthcare then those provided should be alowed to opt out.  Currently I believe if you get your own insurance or do something outside of the NHS or get new insurance, you infact lose your NHS insurance, yet still have to pay for it through various taxes.