Old-Dutch So back to the NHS. Why should the organisation not recover the cost of treating citizens from other countries in line with the reciprocal international agreements the countries have signed up to. Yes the service is already paid for by the UK taxpayer, but if you are paying out for the healthcare costs of your own citizens when they go abroad, surely it’s fucking madness not to be recovering your costs in the same way?
If we had a healthcare system where there were no waiting lists, an abundance of hospitals, beds, trained professionals to cope with the everyday needs of the country then sure. But not recovering hundreds of millions of pounds which could be used for new hospitals/ more staff / better equipment etc. is completely insane, no?
Think you’re wasting your time here, the point you were making has been well and truly fucking missed