NHS loses £700m a year on treating EU citizens, Brexit campaign claims | Politics | The Guardian

NHS loses £700m a year on treating EU citizens, Brexit campaign claims | Politics | The Guardian



If a non British person falls ill and is either treated or taken into hospital they are not charged per day or procedure but receive a bill,sent to their home address. So nobody bothers to pay the bills!!

A British hospital must hire an English or Scottish lawyer to hire a lawyer in their country who has to track them down and take them to Court in the home country. This takes time and a lot of money.

Now in fairness,when a British person needs treatment or goes into hospital in a foreign country they must pay up as well.

To avoid these charges people can take out health Insurance and I think that it is about time that nobody should be allowed to travel without basic health insurance. People,in the Uk, can apply for a free form, which allows for all treatment,obtained in Europe,to be charged to the British health system