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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Malaysians living in the UK to pay health surcharge

All nationals from outside coming to live in the UK for more than six months will be required to pay a health surcharge from April 6, to gain access to the National Health Service. – Photo courtesy of labourlist.orgAll nationals from outside coming to live in the UK for more than six months will be required to pay a health surcharge from April 6, to gain access to the National Health Service. – Photo courtesy of labourlist.org
All nationals from outside Europe including Malaysians coming to live in the United Kingdom for more than six months will be required to pay a health surcharge from April 6, in order to gain access to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
The health surcharge will be £150 (RM820) per year for students and £200 (RM1,095) per year for other individuals.
“Currently non-European nationals coming to work, study or join family members receive free medical treatment under the UK’s NHS in the same way as a permanent resident... these changes will ensure that those coming to live in the UK make an appropriate financial contribution to the cost of their healthcare,” the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur said today.
“We recognise that those coming to the UK to study and work do make a valuable contribution to the wider economy, and so we have deliberately kept the surcharge at a competitive level – lower than most private health insurance policies,” said British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Vicki Treadell.
The changes will not affect visitors coming to the UK on a visit visa who will continue to pay for any treatment they receive from the NHS at the point they receive it.
According to the British High Commission, the surcharge levels are lower than the cost of medical insurance required in some of competitor nations and for overseas students, the surcharge represents only 1% of the total cost of studying in the UK for a three-year undergraduate course.
“Having paid the surcharge, migrants will have the same access to the NHS as a UK permanent resident for the duration of their visa, and the money generated by the health surcharge will go directly to funding the NHS.”
Certain groups will be exempted from the surcharge and will continue to receive free NHS care. These include Australians, New Zealanders, Tier 2 intra-company transfers and dependants of Her Majesty’s forces. – The Edge Markets

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