Free HIV treatment on NHS for foreign nationals (in the UK)
Foreign nationals are to be offered free treatment for HIV on the NHS under plans backed by the government. Campaigners say the move in England will reduce the risk of Britons being infected and cut the costs of more expensive later treatment.
Currently only British residents are eligible, which excludes migrants.
Public Health Minister Anne Milton said: "This measure will protect the public and brings HIV treatment in to line with all other infectious diseases. Treating people with HIV means they are very unlikely to pass the infection on to others."
Yusef Azad, director of policy at the National Aids Trust, said: "If someone is tested and treated early, it is much cheaper than them presenting themselves in hospital with a much more serious, complex condition that can cost tens of thousands of pounds to treat."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17187179
An intelligent public health move since HIV and AIDS don't respect the color of your passport.
If the US had an NHS (which would make conservatives' heads explode), allowing free treatment to foreign residents ("them" not "us"
would make their heads explode all over again.
