Posted on 10/06/2013 2:36:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Foreigners will have to prove that they are entitled to be in the country before they are given access to GPs and hospitals, while foreign students will have to make a “contribution” to the health service.
The measure will form the centrepiece of tough new legislation designed to reduce numbers entering the country and put pressure on illegal immigrants to leave.
A senior government source said it was an attempt to target “people who have no right to be here”.
Restricting access to the NHS is highly contentious politically.
GPs will be told they have to check that people seeking to register with them are here legally and issue only time-limited “NHS numbers” — the proof of entitlement to free care — to those who do not have a permanent right to be in the country....
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
They should look on the bright side. With illegals in the UK not getting free “quality” service from the NHS, it should cut down on the number of casualties.
I hope UKIP do well next election. The conservative and labor party in UK can’t be trusted
Warning to foreign students: You don’t get what you pay for.
Yes. The Socialist nations of Europe are rising above Socialism and we are just now sinking into it.
Hysterical cries of racism yet?
“A senior government source said it was an attempt to target “people who have no right to be here”.”
Someone mobilize the lawyers now!
No reason why we can’t require them to pay the cost of a “required” healthcare plan as part of the student visa.
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