Non-EU migrants to be charged £200 per year for use of the NHS and access to GPs will be chargable - Polidicks

[B]Proposals to charge more foreigners for using NHS services in England and to fix the "flawed" system for recovering costs have been unveiled. [/B] People from outside Europe staying for up to five years would face an annual charge of at least £200. Residency rules would be tightened on free treatment and more services, such as access to GPs, would be chargeable. [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23156403[/URL]

Fair.

Don't migrants pay national insurance?

[QUOTE=Vasili;41299475]Don't migrants pay national insurance?[/QUOTE] [quote]Restricting free treatment for people from outside the European Economic Area citizens to those with indefinite leave to remain in the UK [/quote] still free for migrants

Well thats unfair they would be allowed to get it without paying tax like the rest of us, they should be charged a tax for it if they are working.

what?? people only get indefinite leave to stay in the uk if they are able to get a job and pay enough tax (not a burden on the public)

[QUOTE=Eltro102;41299591]what?? people only get indefinite leave to stay in the uk if they are able to get a job and pay enough tax (not a burden on the public)[/QUOTE] Not necessarily, you can also get a temporary visa that you can work under for certain employers/jobs, and if they're paying tax/national insurance forcing them to cough up an extra £200 a year plus extra charges for visiting their GP or hospital seems somewhat unfair.

So if I move to England for 5 years that means I pay 200 pounds a year to have free health care. Sounds like a deal.

Doesn't adding on a price for specific people defeat the purpose of a NHS? I thought NHS was supposed to be universal and paid by tax, this just looks like a way to scapegoat migrants. Unless I'm reading this wrong, there isn't currently a very big list of free medical services for people who are new migrants to the UK. [URL]http://www.hpa.org.uk/MigrantHealthGuide/GeneralInformation/MigrantsAndTheNHS/EntitlementsToNHSCare/[/URL] They seem to be limited to emergency, family, and public safety treatments. Is emergency care and family planning by migrants really draining that much money?

I'm not sure if this covers student visas or not, but if it does I feel it is fair as long as I am not required to pay taxes on any part time job I have (I'm allowed to work up to 20 hours a week on my student visa) and can get a VAT refund when I'm leaving the country.

[QUOTE=Valnar;41309085]Doesn't adding on a price for specific people defeat the purpose of a NHS? I thought NHS was supposed to be universal and paid by tax, this just looks like a way to scapegoat migrants. Unless I'm reading this wrong, there isn't currently a very big list of free medical services for people who are new migrants to the UK. [URL]http://www.hpa.org.uk/MigrantHealthGuide/GeneralInformation/MigrantsAndTheNHS/EntitlementsToNHSCare/[/URL] They seem to be limited to emergency, family, and public safety treatments. Is emergency care and family planning by migrants really draining that much money?[/QUOTE] The NHS was designed to provide free healthcare for British citizens. Charging migrants who are only staying for five years seems pretty fair to me.

[QUOTE=Xystus234;41308815]So if I move to England for 5 years that means I pay 200 pounds a year to have free health care. Sounds like a deal.[/QUOTE] uhhh do you know the definition of free? Still a great deal though.

[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;41310184]The NHS was designed to provide free healthcare for British citizens. Charging migrants who are only staying for five years seems pretty fair to me.[/QUOTE] But it seems the only free healthcare migrants get automatically is emergency, family planning and communicable diseases. The BBC article said that communicable disease treatment would stay free, so why is emergency care and family planning being put behind a pay wall?

I wish I could pay that little for Health Insurance :(