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The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)

Are you heading to Europe? Well, getting a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) before you set off is a good start. Travellers with an EHIC are entitled to reduced-cost (and occasionally free) medical treatment in numerous European countries.

It is no longer possible to obtain an E111, which was phased out between 2004-5, and replaced by the EHIC.

First-line protection

In participating countries, the card carrier is granted access to state-provided treatment. However, its best not to assume that all countries will have the same breadth of medical treatment provided by the NHS. To this end, various types of care may still require payment in return.

As such, the EHIC shouldnt really be used as a replacement for private medical cover but should instead be viewed as first-line protection. To save... http://for-insurance.ucoz.com/news/european_health_insurance_card/2013-06-22-3906