***‘The NHS is a national health service not an international one. ‘If someone does not pay for their treatment we will not let them...***
It started out that way. Much as we do now with illegal aliens. Anyone in England got free health care. Sailors from all over who needed false teeth waited until they got to England and got them free. An American I was told about who was visiting there had surgery and when he asked for the bill, he was told there was none. Also, doctors were still making housecalls. The English thought it was all so wonderful. Now, even the English are suffering badly from national health care.
They still do, if a patient can't get to the surgery.