EU Health Insurance Card - Don’t go on holiday without it!
June 14th, 2009 | by Rick |eutube asked:
The European health insurance card provides proof of European citizens’ entitlement to health insurance. Today, more than 172 million citizens have the card in their pocket. It is free and facilitates access to medical treatment when travelling in another Member State, whether for a weekend trip, holidays, education, a training course or for business purposes. For more information about the card and how to obtain one in your country of residence: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/healthcard …
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22 Responses to “EU Health Insurance Card - Don’t go on holiday without it!”
By JEREMIAH on Jun 15, 2009 | Reply
FORREST
grow up.
By TERENCE on Jun 17, 2009 | Reply
TERRY
You cannot impose one set of rules and customs for hundreds of different cultures,ethnic groups and peoples.Empires never last..
By HARRISON on Jun 18, 2009 | Reply
JOEY
Awesome!!!
By PARKER on Jun 19, 2009 | Reply
EVERETT
Laser etching on forehead. LoL, or chip implant :)I support nocard policy. But, even in EU where all countries have social medicine or universal, as americans call it, not everyone has even that social insurance. To get it, you must have a job, be student, be inlisted in the jobless office (or how its called) Anyway. Till there is no unified system, and agreement that my beloooved Lithuania gona pay for my treated broken leg in Austrian fees, the only way is the card. But i HOPE it is temporary.
By MAX on Jun 20, 2009 | Reply
BERNARD
Hmmm, Free healthcare or burning in an imaginary hell.
Bring on the **** nurses.
By ARTHUR on Jun 21, 2009 | Reply
JACQUES
Don’t say that Brussels might think your serious.
By JACQUES on Jun 21, 2009 | Reply
GLENN
u are not very smart: if u are on the beach u generally don’t carry any cards, you also don’t carry one on the beach in your own country, beside that not all accidents happen on the beach. if you are seriously injured they won’t let you die until u bring the ehic-card. if u have this card (carried with u or easy accessible e.g. in the hotel room) u can skip all burecreatic hurdles and prevent urself from massive hospital bills, that’s what it is about.
By DANA on Jun 23, 2009 | Reply
DERICK
This card helped me on the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain. My feet got treated for no cost at the point of use
By SAUL on Jun 24, 2009 | Reply
MAJOR
Eu tenho o meu!!
I have it!!
By RICH on Jun 27, 2009 | Reply
GONZALO
a mark on your right hand or forehead will do eventually….but you will go to hell if you take the mark
By THADDEUS on Jun 27, 2009 | Reply
BYRON
How can holidaymakers not know what the EHIC is?
By ALLAN on Jun 29, 2009 | Reply
ANDREW
I will check this out, now that I know about it. Useful video.
By CHARLEY on Jul 1, 2009 | Reply
JAKE
You could have it laser etched on your chest, forehead, for example.
By MONTE on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
JACOB
yha american health care is not healthy
By JARRETT on Jul 5, 2009 | Reply
MURRAY
I have one of these :d
By RUFUS on Jul 7, 2009 | Reply
JOE
smart.
By GRAHAM on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply
FABIAN
More good news from EU :]
Go Europe!
By CEDRIC on Jul 12, 2009 | Reply
MARVIN
Although a good idea why on earth do you have to have the card on you to be covered? How many people actually carry the card when they go to the beach. Every EU citizen is a valid potential owner of the card and its free so why not just grant the coverage to all EU citizens regardless of their card carrying status?
By ALBERTO on Jul 14, 2009 | Reply
LEONEL
this would never happen in America. Now that hospital visit might cost someone $15,000 after their insurance decides to cover it.Oh yea and increased premiums for getting sick.
By BEN on Jul 17, 2009 | Reply
SHERMAN
a step closer to the mark of the beast
By ARNULFO on Jul 20, 2009 | Reply
BLAIR
Yanno I look at this and wonder why it is our country doesn’t have universal health care and I sit here and shake me head.
By JAY on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply
KENDALL
cool, first comment. i’ll get insurance, i’m going on holiday!