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Went to the main QE hospital in Brum earlier. the amount of foreigners there was unbelievable.
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How do you know the treatment was free? Were they wearing their "I've never worked and paid tax in the UK in my life" signs?
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And you were wearing your sign saying "I'm an ignorant bigot" then.
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I am totally against the EU freedom of movement act as I am sure everyone knows. I am also against the way EU member nations are somehow entitled to the same medical treatment as the nation you are visiting. This is very very biased against the UK. They come here get elective surgery etc we go there and get a bandaid and a big bill
I do not care if the likes of Russ calls me names as I am sure Gary does not either. When it comes to this and Islam I am proud to be a bigot !!!!! |
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Reminds me of my previous GP surgery. If you had an appointment the day they had the mums+babies surgery too, literally all the women were polish.
Easy to tell as they speak Polish to each other and the ones that didn't had their name come up on the sign as something like xxx Kowalski. On a normal day at the surgery it was obvious that most of the people waiting were not born in the UK. Even while waiting, all the people I saw talking at reception attempting to sign up with the surgery were foreign with many of them having very poor english. Some will deny this is the case though and throw out the race and bigot card :rolleyes: I have since moved to another area, a mere 20 miles or so away and it is a completely different story. I have never seen anyone in the new GP surgery who is not white British. Where as white British were the minority where I lived before, I rarely see 'foreigners' now. I might only see one black person for every 500 white people I see. It is now out of the ordinary to hear someone speaking another language (except when the builders are working on the high street and speaking polish). If this difference can happen in 20 miles, it is easy to see how many people people are cocooned and don't understand how bad the problem is, as they don't see it themselves. |
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Russ, to be fair, if they look like , lets say eastern europeans, and are speaking Romanian/Russian/Latvian etc. then they are unlikely to have paid their fair share of NI/tax (if any) to cover the treatment. :shrug:
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it's time this country sorted itself out. if it makes you a bigot. then be a proud bigot. |
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Kinda like that statement I will have to steal it |
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I'll think up some more you may like later too ;) |
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For the narrow minded - I've not said 'health tourism' doesn't exist. That's not what my comments were about. And of course no thread moaning about "them coming over here" and "getting benefits" should ever fail to bring Islam in to the discussion :rolleyes: |
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If I said they were all dropped off in a big truck that said "Immigrants transport from the border to the hospital" written on the side. you'd say how do you know it wasn't a joke. The problem is there. it's going to get worse. it needs sorting. all we have to do is ignore the do gooders and we can sort it. can we count on you, Russ? |
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When I lived in central London I coud easily spot tourists & foreigners and usually accurately tell where they were from. That was in the 80's and I play the same game at car boot sales these days. Leading on from this, it is easy to tell if a group of people in a hospital A&E are 'not from round ere' and hence it's a reasonable assumption that they have not paid much or any money into the system. |
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if you tell me how to ask "Have you paid Tax/NI" then I can put it on one of my boards and go back down there tomorrow. and present you the facts. I'll also need to know how to say "Yes and No" |
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If they only just arrived in the UK for treatment and intent to leave without paying for it (which happens a LOT) then that's a massive problem and I'm with you on that. But that's not what you're saying. How do you know they haven't been living here all their working lives and paid in to the NHS? The argument that how long they've been hear means they're unlikely to have contributed enough falls flat on it's face if you think of an 18 year old having his first pay packet then needing emergency treatment - has he paid in enough? ---------- Post added at 15:37 ---------- Previous post was at 15:36 ---------- Quote:
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I posted match the OP's, hell even my old next door neighbour who came here from Jamaica in the 60's or 70's says there is too many immigrants now and also complained about NHS tourists (among other things) |
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well as I have said before I remember my very first impression of you ;) I on the other hand have openly admitted it on these very forums :) Oh and everything was great while I was helping you out privately and sending you stuff through the post ;) And it was you who talked me into applying to be a mod which totally ruined this place for me |
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I suggest you get back on topic now. |
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Yet, morally, he would have less right to do so than a woman who came over from India and within a few days, got a low paid job in Sainsburys. My point is that just because someone is not White and British does not mean they don't pay their way, anymore than someone being White and British does mean they pay their way. Now, Gary, looking around, can you honestly tell me who is paying their taxes and NI? |
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Just to add, when you have lived in a city like London for years you notice new waves of arrivals and get to know their appearance and can also make an incormed guess as to how long they have been in the country based on this and many over visual clues such as mannerisms or indeed the way they talk. If you live out in the countryside though, you probably couldn't tell the difference between an Egyptian and Nigerian yet alone between an Iranian and an Afgan or Indian and Shri lanken. A Londoner would find it hard to explain to the country folk how they can tell the difference visually, but they can. Some white Polish women are easy for me to identify even if they are the other side of the street as they have uniquely Polish look, although only about 1 in 10 are that distinctive. Often the shaved head of the polish men and their look on top makes the guess easier although the men usually have thicker accents and not so good english too.
You can't be be 100% on nationality and time spent in the country but you can have a very good idea if you have lived in the right places. Even if you can't identify the nationality you can likely guess if they have come to the uk in the last 5 years, 10 or 20 years. |
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If the total cost of my health care was added up I'd say it's highly unlikely I've paid enough tax in 22 years to cover the overall cost. It makes no difference what someone's skin colour is, which religion they follow or how long they've been in the country for. If they're working legally and paying tax then they are entitled to NHS treatment, end of. |
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This along with the freedom of movement act is one of the main reasons I want out of the EU |
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Just as a bleeding obvious example, if you see a short old indian looking lady at the hospital and she has a spot on her head (sikh), 99% chance that she has paid no tax/ni. You can also tell without her opening her mouth that she speaks no English whatsoever. She will be accompanied at the hospital by 2 or more younger relatives who will support and translate for her. Those relatives would be paying tax and ni. |
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The ADHD treatment alone is expensive but the pharmaceutical business is another argument altogether which needs looking at. Hardly had any hospital treatment or medications before but had almost a full body MRI at the weekend and the ADHD diagnosis last year means I am making use of all those NI payments now. Knowing that some people come to the UK for free treatment then go back home to India for example (where treatment is expensive) without paying NI, does annoy me. I know people personally who do this. |
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Oh dear not another thread where some are voicing their prejudices and bigotness again.:rolleyes:
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I know from personal experience how another EU country works for health: France.
You pay for all treatment, medication, even bandages and "special" food and drink. They also charge you for sundries such as a TV/ radio/phone in your room. You then have to claim it back from your "Mutuelle" insurance. For some things you get 100% back, for others only a small percentage. Offer up a EHIC as a UK citizen, you have to pay E21 to see a doctor, E25 to see a specialist, you must pay for the ambulance, but you don't usually pay for emergency medicine or treatment. E18 a day for outpatients and E18 a day for inpatients, plus 20% co-payment towards your treatment. But if the doctor or hospital is not a state healthcare provider (conventionné) you will not be able to claim ANYTHING back. Plus if the hospital is "conventionne" but "secteur 2", they will not reimburse the extra that level 2's charge. |
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As far as I am concerned it could be closed tomorrow and then be just a tech forum and I would not miss it |
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You can move the goalposts and make other arguments about other people but asking me rhetoric questions about something I don't really feel that strongly about one way or the other doesn't change the explanation I gave. You obviously have a very strong opinion on this due to your other half not being from the UK, but I wonder if you would have felt differently about the situation otherwise. Not that you would admit it if you would have ;) |
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We all know that economic migrants from Eastern Europe walk around in a a tracksuit bottom/faux leather jacket combo and sporting a permanent five-o-clock shadow (even the women). They also smell of that dodgy Polish beer from B&M bargains and queue at the fast lane checkout in ASDA with two trolley loads of shopping.
Looks like Johnny Foreigner? Must be Johnny Foreigner. |
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You may think I am racist you may not but my little nephew CJ is half English half Kenyan and I love him to bits |
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Find it amusing how this thread has become about the race of people and totally blanking the strain on the NHS none brits have
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I was asked if i was a UK Citizen or an EU Citizen, and i asked if i was a UK Citizen would that mean i would get a better level of treatment and not wait aslong. The Nurse who i have known since the age of 7 looked at me and winked with a grin on her face and said u know i cant answer that but i knew exactly what she meant. |
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My OH (born here, paid tax all her working life, now studying law to be a UK-practising solicitor) often speaks Gujarati in public to her sister (born here, paid tax all her working life, now a UK-serving police officer). Obviously both look Indian (parents moved here and worked all their lives). If they were seen speaking their language at a hospital I'm guessing you (and indeed Gary) would have no idea how long they'd been in the country for. Quote:
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It would be easy to tell that your OH had not recently entered the country even if speaking another language. How she looks (such as clothes and hair) and the younger age would be part of how someone would know but again, it's experience and you will know. Let me say that there are probably many in London who notice things about people less, or are less intelligent, and thus are not able to tell the difference between people. It sounds like you have encountered someone like this and assumed everyone in the same, in a kind of bigoted way....kinda ironic. |
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That's very true about Asian women. it's so easy to tell whether they're 'new' or not.
they just look like any other woman that isn't new. you can tell by their body language, behaviour. everything. which messes it all up really because they've got this brown skin that Russ is banging on about now. |
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Doesn't mean any of it is right. In fact none of it is. |
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Perhaps all UK Citizens should either hold a Passport or Identity Card to prove their eligibility for State Benefits or NHS Treatment. Immigrants from the EU should only be entitled to the level of State Benefits or Health Treatment they would receive in their own country. For the rest of the world they must hold Health insurance and for eligibility for State Benefits, nothing. Unless they have been granted full asylum.
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Rest of the world I agree and to gain asylum they have to have traveled here directly from their home nation otherwise they break asylum rules and should get deported |
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Desk staff are the ones who should be checking immigration status for other hospital or GP treatment, not GP's. |
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don't want them. won't give them free money. won't give them free health care. but they may give them a car. I'm not sure. |
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They should be made to pay end of. If we went to Poland we'd have to pay for healthcare.
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There's a doctors round here that you can't get into because it's packed with migrants, it takes you 2 weeks to get into see a doctor. ---------- Post added at 19:02 ---------- Previous post was at 18:59 ---------- Quote:
My mother has just come back from Spain, she needed to see a doctor about a ankle injury, she produced her E106 card, he shook his head and said I'm sorry I can't accept that. It's a good job she had her Medical insurance to fall back on. |
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There's also a telephone number you can call where you can find out everything you need to know (in English if you wish). |
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we discriminate our own to fund them. the police are soft. punishments are slack. we give them rights. the list is endless. even I'd move here. |
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I'm just answering Russ :) |
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