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Originally Posted by Walkabout
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In short, if you pay them then you keep a continuous record and thereby add to your overall years of making such contributions; this counts towards your OAP pension and has nothing to do with falling ill.
If you are ill and get yourself back to the UK then the NHS will deal with that irrespective of your NI contributions.
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Walkabout, The NHS will be ok, but if you fall ill you may not qualify for sickness benefit ( and other things) It happened to me.
I had a car crash ( not my fault) but had to wait a year for sick pay etc until my NI payment "qualifying year" came to a paid up year.
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