Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill: Commons stages

Bill aims to legislate for post-Brexit reciprocal healthcare arrangements

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/commons-healthcare-bill/http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/november/commons-healthcare-bill/
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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European Union, Europe, Withdrawal from the European Union, Political philosophy, Brexit, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom renegotiation of European Union membership, 2015–16, Brexit negotiations, Brexit and arrangements for science and technology
Summary
Key Points: 
  • 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.
  • The current system includes healthcare for pensioners, students andmigrant workers, as well as funding UK residents to receive treatment unavailable in the UK in other EU countries.
  • After Brexit, regardless of the deal reached, the government will need to renegotiate reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the EU, or withindividual states.
  • The UK currently has reciprocal healthcare arrangements with several non-EU nations, including Australia and New Zealand, though these are considerably more limited in scope than the current EU deal.
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