Brexit expat retirees 'may cost NHS millions'

[diseasex]

£6bn in 8 years, so could come out as cost neutral, but I doubt anyone will report that as it's not sexy enough a story

Health tourists cost UK taxpayers nearly £6billion in eight years

What about sex tourists?

[original PM]

Well you can take a cheap holiday to Blackpool and hang around the bars

for the cost of a bacardi breezer you will probably get laid.

But then you will need the NHS to clear up the rash.

[InsertWittyNameHere555]

Well you can take a cheap holiday to Blackpool and hang around the bars

for the cost of a bacardi breezer you will probably get laid.

But then you will need the NHS to clear up the rash.

Blackpool and Vegas, the two places in the world you can pay for sex with chips

[Cirrus]

The NHS isn't really that expensive.

And everyone note that the US spends more on public healthcare than we spend in total.

(Purely as an aside: the reason they spend so much more is not that they are more expensive. It's that they do lots more tests)

[VectraMan]

£6bn in 8 years, so could come out as cost neutral, but I doubt anyone will report that as it's not sexy enough a story

Health tourists cost UK taxpayers nearly £6billion in eight years

That's assuming Brexit stops anybody arriving from the EU.

[diseasex]

And everyone note that the US spends more on public healthcare than we spend in total.

(Purely as an aside: the reason they spend so much more is not that they are more expensive. It's that they do lots more tests)

US spends, not US Govt. Massive massive difference

[northernladyuk]

US spends, not US Govt. Massive massive difference

Who other than the US government is spending money on US public healthcare?

[diseasex]

Who other than the US government is spending money on US public healthcare?

Call me ignorant but is there anything like "public healthcare" in US? As far as I know , its funded from private insurances

[northernladyuk]

Call me ignorant but is there anything like "public healthcare" in US? As far as I know , its funded from private insurances

You are ignorant.

Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Health are examples.

[diseasex]

You are ignorant.

Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Health are examples.

it's only for elderly. I doubt it's that much as your chats showing per capita.