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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1648300" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>If you are a non-EEA national (for instance, if you are American) and relocate to the UK on the usual residence visa, you (or your employer) will pay what is called the "NHS surcharge" of 200 pounds per year to access NHS services. This applies every year for the first five years that you are in the UK. If you then obtain what is called "leave to remain" at the end of the five years (the equivalent of what Americans call "permanent residence"), then you will no longer have to pay the NHS surcharge from then onwards.</p><p></p><p>Non-EEA foreign students also pay the NHS fee but it is a bit lower (150 pounds per year).</p><p></p><p>Any way you look at it, it is "a bargain" for the individual involved. I am a Brit living in America. My wife and I are about 60 years old. We are self-employed and pay for our own health insurance, which is $1,215 per month ($14,580 per year). That amounts to about 5,500 pounds per year, per person. On top of that, we have "co-pays" every time we see the doctor and with many tests and procedures. To my horror, this year we have already paid nearly $10,000 for the "co-pays" and the "patient responsibility" portions of the bills.</p><p></p><p>(Edited later to correct the GBP conversion.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1648300, member: 438800"] If you are a non-EEA national (for instance, if you are American) and relocate to the UK on the usual residence visa, you (or your employer) will pay what is called the "NHS surcharge" of 200 pounds per year to access NHS services. This applies every year for the first five years that you are in the UK. If you then obtain what is called "leave to remain" at the end of the five years (the equivalent of what Americans call "permanent residence"), then you will no longer have to pay the NHS surcharge from then onwards. Non-EEA foreign students also pay the NHS fee but it is a bit lower (150 pounds per year). Any way you look at it, it is "a bargain" for the individual involved. I am a Brit living in America. My wife and I are about 60 years old. We are self-employed and pay for our own health insurance, which is $1,215 per month ($14,580 per year). That amounts to about 5,500 pounds per year, per person. On top of that, we have "co-pays" every time we see the doctor and with many tests and procedures. To my horror, this year we have already paid nearly $10,000 for the "co-pays" and the "patient responsibility" portions of the bills. (Edited later to correct the GBP conversion.) [/QUOTE]
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