SHOULD FOREIGN PATIENTS PAYS FOR NHS CARE?Monday May 5,2008 ONE in three hospitals are failing to make foreign patients pay for their care, even though it is costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds a year. A third of health trusts in England and Wales are ignoring government advice to routinely check whether a patient is eligible for free care.
One health tourist told hospital bosses that they had to treat him but he would not pay and there was “nothing they could do about it”. Health tourism is estimated to cost the public £62million a year, with some treatments costing hundreds of thousands of pounds. DO YOU THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS FOR FOREIGNERS? WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO TACKLE HEALTH TOURISM? WHO SHOULD PAY? ***HAVE YOUR SAY BELOW!**** |
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