Staggering fake news

Even the New Statesman is at it (not really surprising -- it has been Remoaning throughout).

Here is the headline:

Vote Leave got it wrong - Brexit will cost the NHS £500m a year instead

It seems that:

Nearly 200,000 British pensioners currently receive healthcare under an EU reciprocal scheme.  If these pensioners all turned up in British hospitals, it is likely to cost £979m a year - or £500m once British spending on EU citizens is removed

It contrasts this possible? likely? 'bill' with the usual claim about the £350m a week 'lie'.

However, even if all the ifs come to pass, and there are enough of them to raise doubts about this as 'news', £500m a year is hardly comparable to what even the Remoaners admit is a bill for being in the EU that amounts to £285m net a week