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In terms of the healtcare; is it free only for native citizens? What if someone were to move there from another country such as the United States?
by bigtunacan 9y ago
In terms of the healtcare; is it free only for native citizens? What if someone were to move there from another country such as the United States?
- tim333 9y agoFree for EU citizens. For people from the US there is a small charge if you move here https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/how-much-pay https://www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/how-mu... It doesn't cover tourists anymore in theory. They'd treat and then bill you but you could probably go home and not pay.
- charlieflowers 9y agoWhat about preexisting conditions? Would anything prevent someone who was just diagnosed with cancer (but not bed ridden) from migrating to the UK, paying this $300/year, and receiving full coverage?
- tim333 9y agoThink it's ok - not sure http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=50455.0 http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=50455.0 You might have problems getting residence
- matthewking 9y agoThey call this "health tourism" and its a fairly regular subject that comes up whenever NHS budgets are discussed, in reality though I believe latest figures put it at about £300m /year (0.3% of the NHS budget). I don't know how easy it is to do what you describe but some people evidently do it. I imagine if you're an EU citizen you can come right in but if you're non EU you might have some more difficulty.