What of British nationals with chronic conditions wishing to emigrate?
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This Farage Immigrants with HIV Business
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If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Just wow. If that is the point, I'm only too pleased to miss it.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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You can't just come over to the UK and get free treatment.
There seems to be a myth. You get a bill unless you have a National Insurance number or some proof of residency.
No different to any other country, i.e. if you're bleeding in the street an ambulance will pick you up and treat you, and then send a bill or not as the case maybe.
It's basically a non-issue.
The only way you can stop foreigners using the NHS is to ban all foreigners, which of course includes all the masses of tourists some of whom fall ill.I'm alright JackComment
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Maybe Mr. Farage doesn't realise that ART (antiretroviral therapy) and other HIV treatments are provided for free in nearly all EU/EFTA countries. Maybe Mr. Farage should vent his spleen instead on the drug companies who produce the medicines required and price them so high when they could price them much cheaper and so save the NHS a lot of money. Sadly this doesn't fit in with his anti-immigration stance but does fit in with his establishment values in that you don't piss off big business“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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There is a list of about 84 countries where you have to have a test and prove you don't have active TB before you can get entry into the UK. (It's on the gov website.)
A good number of TB cases in the UK are in the South Asian community who are born or long term residents here as apparently being of those ethnicities makes you more susceptible.
The other cases are in people who live in very poor conditions this traditionally was just the homeless. However there has been an increase in those who live in poor housing conditions.
Point is non-EU immigrants are not the source of TB problems in this country - it's poor living conditions.Last edited by SueEllen; 7 April 2015, 20:04."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Euler View PostYes and heavy drinkers too.
Why these groups of people should expect to be treated for free is something I don't understand.Comment
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Point is non-EU immigrants are not the source of TB problems in this country - it's poor living conditions
Health of Migrants in the UK: What Do We Know? | The Migration Observatory
[Tuberculosis in Poland and the world at the beginning of the third millennium]. - PubMed - NCBI
The mechanisms are not fully understood but blacks are more susceptible to TB than whites.
http://www.atmph.org/article.asp?iss...2;aulast=FaresLast edited by xoggoth; 7 April 2015, 21:12.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI suppose it depends on whether you think that addiction is an illness with physiological changes in the brain, or a human failing that can be overcome with a little willpower.Are you a loser?
Didn't do too well at school?
Can't make it in the most dynamic economy in Europe?
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostThat is one factor but there is no doubt about the link to immigration. Incidence is highest among recent arrivals to the UK. It isn't just non EU countries, the rate is a lot higher in Eastern European nations too.
Blah blah
You also seem unable to distinguish between migrants and British people."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Right on cue, today's Express:
Migrants who plunder Britain's free healthcare cost the NHS up to £300million a year
But £300 million is a drop in the ocean, right? And it's only "up to".....Last edited by Gumbo Robot; 8 April 2015, 06:51.Comment
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