Britons face losing healthcare in Europe as EU toughens Brexit stance

[meridian]

An issue seems to be that the NHS simply can't be bothered to reclaim the costs. The is a problem for visitors from outside the EU too.

I CBA to site sources, there are plenty.

That seems to be the crux of it. The same problem that prevents the U.K. from identifying non-citizens and deporting them (lack of a national identity card) also prevents the NHS from identifying them to recoup charges.

[AtW]

That seems to be the crux of it. The same problem that prevents the U.K. from identifying non-citizens and deporting them (lack of a national identity card) also prevents the NHS from identifying them to recoup charges.

It's evil EU that prevents UK from solving this problem, Brexit will fix it!