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[silverlil]

Everything has changed in the UK.
I was going back to the UK every 12 weeks and staying one month to look out for my mother for a period of about 5 years after I retired.. but all the rules changed in 1998. Tell me about it? If you travel across the channel or are smuggled into the UK you get everything free. Housing, medical and the whole 9 yards. ME, forget about it, being born the UK and paying a national health insurance stamp while I was working from 15 until 22 when I married an american and came to america, but alas, nothing doing after 1998 I had to PAY to see a doctor in my hometown even with my national insurance number ..an english person has to live in the UK for 12 months prior to receiving the health benefits....nevermind the migrants, they get taken care of ... dont get me going on this subject. I cant go to the UK without taking out insurance. Any limeys onboard, pay attention. If you leave England for longer than 12 months, you no longer have insurance, and you have to prove more than your address and you have to establish yourself in the UK for a period of 12 months to qualify for health benefits .. but if you are illegal.. no problem.
I have medicare, blue cross (from my job) and tricare for life but nothing works in the UK ... cash is it now if I have to go back home. Medicare does not pay outside of the USA for ANYONE who wants to go on holiday or whatever, and tricare now follows Medicare - and forget about my 100% blue cross from my job they follow the line from medicare... ... . So much for my benefits from the University of California.