>FWIW, so we have two data points instead of one, I had a non-emergency health problem while working in England and got right in. The care was excellent and there was no charge at all. That shocked me. I figured I would have to pay something as a foreigner.
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>Well, Andy had a very painful knee condition that required surgery and if he had not had private insurance, he would have had to wait a year for the operation. I assume that your non-emergency problem did not involve surgery.

No. That can't be any fun, hobbling around on a bum knee for a year. I'm glad he had an alternative.