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Foreign patients owe millions to the NHS

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   September 16, 2008

Foreign patients are costing the U.K.'s National Health Service tens of millions of pounds by giving hospitals false identities and addresses, or even leaving the country in order to avoid paying for their treatment. Hospital officials said overseas visitors were leaving hospitals with hefty bills by evading the system that is meant to ensure that those ineligible for free NHS care pay for treatment.

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