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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Roy got major treatment free and cashman only paid for the prescription but I remember reading books about retiring to Spain( glad we didn't ) which said you must have private insurance, even if you were living there or you could end up with big bills.
So does anyone know what the overall position is for treatment in the EU?
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Don't know about the whole, but in France -
If you are a resident you get the form from Newcastle hand it in to their NHS (CPAM)
A few weeks later you are issued with a Carte Vitale, which has to be shown when attending anywhere concerned with health - this card carries all your basic medical data.
Visit Dr - cost is E22 but CPAM send you a refund of E17.
Visit Specialist - same as Doctor
Prescription Charge - you pay 30%
Top-up insurance can easily be obtained at various levels (costs), which then covers all the payments including private hospital room, spectacles, dental and physio.
A visitor using EHICC may have to pay the total cost and then reclaim it from Newcastle - one incidence I know of took 2 weeks to get the reimbursement paid into her UK Account