please try booking a ticket to the USA without medical insurance
you will not get passed the visa application stage, go on try

i also trained with US forces i have right of entry but still require medical insurance

also try Australia and NZ

ps. i have a dual passport UK and NZ, go on try. dare ya

post back the results please ...

New Zealand's immigration page:
"Medical insurance
We recommend that you have comprehensive medical insurance for the duration of your visit. If you are from the United Kingdom or Australia, you will get the same immediate medical coverage as a New Zealand citizen or resident, thanks to our Reciprocal Health Agreements."

And, as I've already posted, the USA embassy's advice is that isn't a requirement, but it is advisory. I've also got a friend visiting Orlando at this moment, and he's not bothered with anything more than travel insurance.

i did state Reciprocal Health Agreements

i don’t think you have been reading the posts

as of your friend, unknown to me, which/what/may/may not have ...

No, I have been reading them - you stated you're required to have medical insurance to enter, and after checking with a friend who's there right now on holiday, and another friend who moved there to marry, it turns out you don't.
Lack of medical insurance is not a barrier to entry to the USA.

is it a green card ?
as of holiday its auto on the travel insurance

without such please apply for a visa ...

I'm genuinely curious to know at what point you'd change that. For example, if they also had a policy that everyone over the age of 70 should be euthanised, or that all first borns should be slaughtered at birth, would you still vote for them?

voted lib dems for the tax allowance
would vote for the devil himself if that means more money for a working family

but will vote for UKIP to get out of the EU

the rest i don’t really care about, it will be sorted in time regardless ...

She's actually married now, and a naturalised citizen of the USA.
This, however, is not the topic we were discussing.
We're talking about this idea that lack of medical insurance is a barrier to entry - that you'd be refused entry.
Which it isn't.

This is all somewhat distracting from Farage's original point that


This is essentially a tactic to distract you, make believe there's some vast drain on our resources posed by these people (why else would he mention it, after all).
On the face of it, it seems quite reasonable. Think on a little further about the actual problem - a drain on the NHS - and you'll realise it isn't foreign nationals that are at fault. This is like fixing a high water bill by blaming the neighbour for drinking your tea when they pop round instead of mending the leak in the pipe.

yes it is and i require it as 'law' for this country
UKIP may provide that answer ...

And that's like [LIFTED] the hotel bed on your arrival in protest about the state of the room, only to realise you're booked in for 4 years.
Nigel Farage absolutely does not have your best interests in mind, Steven.

my mother only called me 'Steven'
do you wish to dig her up ...

i will look after the best interests of this family, by all means possible.
and at this time UKIP is the best option for this family ...

Neither of those sound that extreame to me

Are we diversifying in the Soylent green production then?
Foreigners who are allowed to live in the UK should be assessed on the same conditions as local people.
for example, if I go back to France, despite being French, as I don't pay into the system, I am liable to the whole cost of medical care, just as any other visitor to the country, because care there is not free at point of entry.

** apart from anything covered by EHIC system.

Umm, no you won't be looking after your family's best interests. You've just said you'll vote for them on the basis of one policy, regardless of what other policies they support.

What if UKIP changed their policy? Would you then vote for the BNP if they commit to withdrawal from Europe? Or how about the EDL, assuming they manage to steal a seat in parliament?

Assuming you would vote for X party – and that can be any of them – it is unlikely that you will agree with 100% of their policies. It is also unlikely that all policies are equal – some will have a higher priority to you than others

e.g. a Parties manifesto says: we will
Increase the higher rate tax to 55% pay for better pubic services
And
Change the colour of double yellow lines to double green lines.

The 1st policy may be very important to you while the second may in your mind be stupid, idiotic and a waste of money BUT in the greater scheme of things is not a reason not to vote for that party so you will vote for Party X

I could now come up with 101 scenarios that would at some stage make you withdraw your vote from Party X. In the real world you will look at what each party promises and balance that on how that will help your family / the wider community. You may accept a small cut in your take home pay – higher tax for the “Good of the community” – better public services but there will come a point when you don’t accept that trade off