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Originally Posted by BBKing
Given that we charge more than other places and are deeply unwelcoming to furriners, we presumably only get really stupid or rich ones.
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You are, of course, assuming that the staff in the hospital follow correct procedure and get the patients to fill out the correct forms to enable the NHS to charge them or their insurance companies. In my experience, that doesn't always happen. For example, my Aunt is Asthmatic. For a most of the 80's (and a lot of the 90's), she lived abroad, so wasn't paying NI. She came over here a few times, and had a bad Asthma attack. Bad enough that her inhaler didn't work. When she went to Lewisham hospital A&E, they gave her a nebuliser, which did ease her breathing. I don't know about now, but at that point, she said nebulisers weren't cheap.
She pointed this out to the nurse, and asked for the correct paperwork so the NHS could charge her insurance. The nurse refused, saying it was free. My aunt explained how she didn't live in the country, and the nurse still refused.