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Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:29 am ]
Post subject:  Health Tourists
Something that works well.........in reverse

They come here and get free treatment

I go to Cyprus and get a £600 fecking bill
Author:  bloodnock [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
wannabeeahack wrote:
Something that works well.........in reverse

They come here and get free treatment

I go to Cyprus and get a £600 fecking bill


Ahh..the Joys of the EU.
Author:  edders23 [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
I thought as long as you had your card it was free in the eu
Author:  Nidge2 [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
edders23 wrote:
I thought as long as you had your card it was free in the eu



Doesn't work like that for UK citizens, we have to pay.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
edders23 wrote:
I thought as long as you had your card it was free in the eu


ha....
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
BUT.......... at least in Cyprus we got to see a doctor, we came back 25th and rang our GP we got told the first appt was on the 1st September then the receptionist said "well youve got antibiotics you will be ok for a bit"
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
wannabeeahack wrote:
BUT.......... at least in Cyprus we got to see a doctor, we came back 25th and rang our GP we got told the first appt was on the 1st September then the receptionist said "well youve got antibiotics you will be ok for a bit"

Health insurance is the best value insurance you can get.
Author:  grandad [ Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
If you have travel insurance and you let them know then you may well get a bill that you have to pay and claim back later. If you don't have travel insurance but you are carrying your EHIC card then treatment within the EU should be free providing that the same treatment is free for their own nationals in their country. My wife was taken ill in Spain at the end of July. She was taken to the local medical center by ambulance and given a thorough check up and they just took the details from her EHIC card so that they could send the bill direct to the NHS.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
Sussex wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
BUT.......... at least in Cyprus we got to see a doctor, we came back 25th and rang our GP we got told the first appt was on the 1st September then the receptionist said "well youve got antibiotics you will be ok for a bit"

Health insurance is the best value insurance you can get.


we shall see

i trust insurance companies as much as id cuddle a plague rat
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
grandad wrote:
If you have travel insurance and you let them know then you may well get a bill that you have to pay and claim back later. If you don't have travel insurance but you are carrying your EHIC card then treatment within the EU should be free providing that the same treatment is free for their own nationals in their country. My wife was taken ill in Spain at the end of July. She was taken to the local medical center by ambulance and given a thorough check up and they just took the details from her EHIC card so that they could send the bill direct to the NHS.


Surely your BUPA covered it
Author:  Sussex [ Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
If you have travel insurance and you let them know then you may well get a bill that you have to pay and claim back later. If you don't have travel insurance but you are carrying your EHIC card then treatment within the EU should be free providing that the same treatment is free for their own nationals in their country. My wife was taken ill in Spain at the end of July. She was taken to the local medical center by ambulance and given a thorough check up and they just took the details from her EHIC card so that they could send the bill direct to the NHS.


Surely your BUPA covered it

Saga BUPA at that?
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
Sussex wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
If you have travel insurance and you let them know then you may well get a bill that you have to pay and claim back later. If you don't have travel insurance but you are carrying your EHIC card then treatment within the EU should be free providing that the same treatment is free for their own nationals in their country. My wife was taken ill in Spain at the end of July. She was taken to the local medical center by ambulance and given a thorough check up and they just took the details from her EHIC card so that they could send the bill direct to the NHS.


Surely your BUPA covered it

Saga BUPA at that?


Nowt wrong with SAGA............. :roll:
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
claim forms filled out, to the letter.... why do i think ive just wasted 2 hours of my life?
Author:  grandad [ Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
If you have travel insurance and you let them know then you may well get a bill that you have to pay and claim back later. If you don't have travel insurance but you are carrying your EHIC card then treatment within the EU should be free providing that the same treatment is free for their own nationals in their country. My wife was taken ill in Spain at the end of July. She was taken to the local medical center by ambulance and given a thorough check up and they just took the details from her EHIC card so that they could send the bill direct to the NHS.


Surely your BUPA covered it

I don't have BUPA or any health insurance.
Like I said earlier. If you don't have insurance or don't tell them you have insurance then they will take the EHIC provided you have it on you. I think it is standard procedure to pay for the treatment up front and claim it back later if you use your insurance.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Health Tourists
The doctor in cyprus spoke good english


wish our doctors here did :roll:
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