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<p>The immigration health surcharge, set at £200 a year for temporary migrants and
£150 a year for students and youth mobility scheme visa applicants, is lower than
the estimated per capita cost to the NHS of providing treatment to temporary migrants.</p><p>It
is a migrant’s immigration status that determines whether they pay the surcharge.
Temporary 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. The Government does recognise, however, that temporary migrants
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
stated above, which are designed to represent a fair contribution towards the cost
of providing the full range of NHS services available to surcharge payers.</p>
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