On 15/06/2016 09:53, Nightjar wrote:
On 14-Jun-16 9:29 PM, Andrew wrote:

last year the UK taxpayer paid £660 million to EU countries for providing
healthcare to retired UK nationals living in the EU. But we only
collect a tiny fraction of that amount from EU countries for th cost
of 'free' NHS care for EU nationals...

That is a failing in the NHS systems for identifying those who are not
entitled to free treatment and is nothing to do with the EU itself.



It is *everything* to do with the EU and free movement of people !!!.
British people can and do retire all over the EU and because they
receive the state pension, their host country provides them with
health care, just as they would their own citizens. But the cost
(and some!!) is charged back to the UK government.

British people who are not retired but living in the EU must or
should have medical insurance.

However, because the NHS never charges anyone up front, any health
care costs attributed to EU nationals living in the UK are
difficult to identify and charge back to their host countries.