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Article: Cayon-De Las Cuevas, J. and Hervey, T.K. orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-9022 (2017) A place in the sun? Healthcare rights of retired UK citizens in Spain post-Brexit. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 12 (3). pp. 297-307. ISSN 1744-134X https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133117000147
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A Place in the Sun? Healthcare rights of retired UK citizens in Spain post-Brexit
Joaquin Cayon-De Las Cuevas, University of Cantabria, Spain and Tamara Hervey, University
of Sheffield, UK
Abstract
At least 100,000 retired UK citizens currently live in Spain. Under EU law, they are entitled to access the Spanish NHS with minimum administrative difficulty. What will their legal