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sounds about right what a a scam ! there is widespread abuse of UK system and has been for years now its a breaking point and you wonder why . I have just had the the mispleasure of a arguement with my english friend in berlin just yeterday , he slags off britain for being racist but then complains how much he has to pay for german healthcare , but then smiles when he mentions no ID card no appointment .......
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You can't have it both ways, no. Things are better ran in mainland Europe, but taxes are also higher.
But "widespread abuse" well, dunno, citation needed, how bad do you think it is?
"Breaking point" see Jeremy C...eh...and years of dismantling the NHS, stupid hospital payment schemes...I doubt a little fraud like this is THE main problem, does this cost billions and billions?If there's fraud, see if it needs to be tackled. Not everything is racism/xenophobia, a cool headed cost analysis may be good. But in the current mood, sometimes you don't know how to read things. This seems even (ID for all) but some NHS abuse has been very exaggerated by the right wing press in the run-up.
JWestland
"St George’s University Hospitals Foundation trust said it had fallen victim to “organised illegal activity” which has seen con men making money by charging women from Nigeria to have babies on the NHS."
So there SEEMS to be a fraud situation going on. I am not saying this is the best way to tackle it, (what about some help with good maternal care in Nigeria if people are paying to give birth here, things can't be great) but it doesn't seem to come out of nothing.
The Home Office though has shown themselves to be assholes in the past...