Rejected petition Prevent uninsured visitors from entering the UK.

Uninsured visitors to the UK (often referred to as health tourists} receive medical treatment at great cost to the NHS and the NHS gets little of the money back. If the visitors were insured this money could much more easily be recovered.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/182047

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Date submitted 5 February 2017
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