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Re:Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers by charlieflowers on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:42PM (#14809694)
What about preexisting conditions? Would anything prevent someone who was just diagnosed with cancer (but not bed ridden) from migrating to the UK, paying this $300/year, and receiving full coverage?
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Re:Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers by matthewking on Thursday July 20, 2017 @08:47AM (#14811978)
They call this "health tourism" and its a fairly regular subject that comes up whenever NHS budgets are discussed, in reality though I believe latest figures put it at about £300m /year (0.3% of the NHS budget).

I don't know how easy it is to do what you describe but some people evidently do it. I imagine if you're an EU citizen you can come right in but if you're non EU you might have some more difficulty.

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Re:Things I’ve Learned from Reading IndieHackers by tim333 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @05:39AM (#14811104)
Think it's ok - not sure http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=50455.0

You might have problems getting residence

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