As a general rule, health insurance administrations are obliged to issue a European health insurance card at their members’ request. The card makes it easier to obtain medical care and guarantees that it will be provided in accordance with the legislation of the Member State being visited. For example, if you are in a Member Statewhere medical care is free, you too have the right to free medical treatment. So the message is crystal clear: do not travel to another Member State of the European Economic Area without your European health insurance card. Interviews: Dr Maria Dolores Martín Escalante,  Costa del Sol Hospital (in Spanish)
Chris Segaert, National Sickness Insurance Institute (INAMI), Belgium (in Dutch)
Jonathan Olsson, Swedish Social Insurance Agency, Sweden (in Swedish)
Jeremy Ritchie, an English patient (in English)
Frédéric Destrebecq, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) (in French)
On-the-street interviews of tourists in Spain (in English and Italian)Visit the site: www.mostra.com
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