UK may start charging "health tourists"
LONDON, England – The NHS could claw back more than £500 million a year if it was better at charging foreign nationals for using NHS services, a report suggests. LONDON, England – The NHS could claw back more than £500 million a year if it was better at charging foreign nationals for using NHS services, a report suggests. The health service could raise the cash – which is the equivalent of 0.45% of its annual budget – by deterring so-called “health tourists”, recovering care charges from overseas visitors and charging temporary migrants for accessing NHS care, the report found. ...