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Originally Posted by Mick
Sorry, not a bean counter so don't do figures but it sorta goes like this.... Foreign freeloaders come to visit, get free healthcare then go back home and then they tell their family and friends to come get their freebies too.
Never heard of the term Health Tourism? : https://fullfact.org/health/health-t...-and-who-pays/
So yeah, um, Health Tourism is big issue leaving the NHS a £2bn black hole in unpaid and unrecoverable charges each year and that cost is rising. Hence why very soon, people will need to take their passport with them when they go to hospital to prove they are entitled to free healthcare and receive treatment. Passport checking is already happening but it's not full scale as of yet. |
Funnily enough I have heard of the term health tourist, I used it myself in post 18 when I was questioning the professor who quoted the 2 billion figure and you don't need a passport to visit A&E which is where most of the costs are incurred, which even your link states doesn't cost 2 billion
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...2&postcount=18