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<p>The immigration health surcharge aims to ensure that temporary, non-EEA migrants
make a fair contribution to the cost of healthcare in the UK, in line with their immigration
status. Temporary, non-EEA migrants have not built up the long-term relationship and
contribution to the UK that a permanent resident has built up, and will build up,
over the course of their lifetime. It is, therefore, the migrant’s immigration status
that determines whether or not they pay the surcharge, not their tax or national insurance
contributions.</p><p>The Government recognises that migrants who pay the surcharge
may contribute to the economy in a number of ways, including by paying income tax
and national insurance and this contribution is reflected in the surcharge levels,
which are set below the average per capita cost to the NHS of treating non-EEA temporary
migrants.</p>
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