I see on the news today that people who have never worked in UK are able to get EHIC cards, get medical treatment in their own country then that country claims it back off the UK. You couldn't make it up..
The NHS is potentially vulnerable to fraud due to loopholes in the issuing of European Health Insurance cards, the Department of Health has admitted.
An investigation by the Daily Mail found people who had never worked in Britain were able to obtain a free EHIC card in the UK, the paper says.
Health services abroad were then able to claim back the costs of their treatment from the UK authorities.
The government said it would look urgently at tightening the system.
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