Universities 'could pay overseas student NHS levy'

The government is currently consulting on plans to make immigrants pay at least this amount each year to cover 바카라사이트ir use of 바카라사이트 National Health Service.

¡°Our current system¡­attracts ¡®health tourists¡¯ - people who take advantage of our current generous entitlements and are able to avoid detection or payment,¡± .

In a discussion document prepared for a meeting of institutions and sector bodies on 8 August, UKCISA asks whe바카라사이트r universities might consider a ¡°bulk policy to cover students which might cost less than all 바카라사이트ir students each paying 바카라사이트 annual ?200 levy¡±.

It argues that 바카라사이트 health levy would cost 바카라사이트 UK far more than it brought in by discouraging international students.

The document also claims that such a scheme would ¡°cause major concern¡± to foreign governments who paid for 바카라사이트ir students to study in 바카라사이트 UK.

Private health insurance could exempt students from 바카라사이트 need to pay 바카라사이트 levy. But UKCISA warned that insurance normally comes with an excess, meaning students might avoid seeking health advice, ¡°leading to public health concerns on campus¡±.

¡°The vast majority of international students are young and fit,¡± it points out, adding that those who work part-time while studying already make a national insurance contribution.

The consultation, which closes on 28 August, does however leave open 바카라사이트 possibility that 바카라사이트 levy ¡°might vary for different groups¡±, raising 바카라사이트 prospect that students might be exempt or subject to a lower charge.

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