Spursex - 1/3/2013 12:42
recipricol arrangements were and have made all across the World, we pay though the nose for it via our contributions to the EU anyway, so it's not exactly a major benefit - we all pay for it.
You do pay for it, as you do for the NHS, education, infrastructure of all kinds. It's called 'living in a society'.
We have not paid for these benefits in say the USA, Canada, Australia or outer Mongolia so if you fall ill or end up unemployed there, you'd better have good private insurance cover.
The EU is now an extended 'society' for its members. It has many advantages in terms of trade and free movement across borders but, as you rightly say, it also has its responsibilities, one of which is to contribute to the cost of the benefits that accrue.