Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill: Commons second reading

Bill aims to legislate for post-Brexit reciprocal healthcare arrangements

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Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Brexit, European Union, International relations, Politics, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Brexit negotiations, Brexit and arrangements for science and technology
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  • Today, MPs wills debate the second reading of the Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill.
  • This bill aims to legislate for post-Brexit alternatives to Britain's current reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the European Union.
  • At present, the UK is part of a complex EU healthcare system that allows UK citizens to access healthcare while living, working, or visiting the EU, and reciprocates this benefit for EU citizens in the UK.
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    After Brexit, regardless of the deal reached, the government will need to renegotiate reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU, or withindividual states.
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