[AstralStorm]

What? UK cannot just ask for an income statement or the you live as a proof, that's what you're saying?

Moreover the migrant worker has to pay tax in the country they're living in, so tax statement may be good enough.

Most of EU has "single payer, free at point of use" healthcare rather than US model of insurance.

And if they're not working, they can be elected after three months. Is three months slip enough to even put a dent in NHS budget? I'd say not at all. It's not like people are migrating to UK to get temporarily better healthcare. (It sucks compared to almost every other EU country.)

Additionally, for temporary stays, UK can probably demand reimbursement from the member country of origin.

[makomk]

No, the UK can't ask for an income statement - the rules only require that people can prove they have enough money to live on. No, they don't have to pay tax - that only happens if they have income. No, this isn't limited to three months - that's only the point where they have to prove they can support themselves in order to remain. And whilst most of the EU doesn't use the US model of insurance, the state-run healthcare in the other EU states is generally set up as a state-operated "insurer" which you have to pay into for coverage. The UK is pretty much unique in funding healthcare from taxes and giving access to all residents for no extra charge.