Government announces increase to NHS surcharge for Immigrants

Go on then, amaze us with your solution to this problem. How do you spot and expat, or differentiate a permanently resident french person from French people who are just visiting?

You've moved the goalposts.

I already suggested differentiating between people by what's wrong with them. If they break their leg while in the UK, we should obviously treat them. Existing conditions should obviously be refused though.

Free healthcare is based on where you're ordinarily resident. An expat isn't resident in this country and doesn't pay taxes here, ergo they are not entitled to free healthcare. A substantial part of the health tourism problem is actually down to the expat community.

Fair enough. I'm happy to say that if you've been out of the country for X years then you lose that privilege.

What types of illness would you treat, and how long should doctors and nurses spend determining who to treat.

Accidents should be treated without question. All other cases should be investigated more thoroughly.

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