Blogs and advice from Industry leading Specialists
Valuable Opinions, Comments & Gossip
Financial related News & Articles relating to Spain
Latest News, Stories
& Hot Topics
Various Tools & Widgets to help with your financial needs
Tools & Widgets to
help with finances
Polls, Surveys and Opinions featured throughout Tumbit
Featured Polls, Surveys & Stats
Discussions, Advice & Topical Chat
Discussions, Advice & Topical Chat

European healthcare costs - who picks up the bill ?

Thu 10th Jun 2010

The Country responsible for picking up the bill for any medical treatment whenever a patient crosses EU borders has now been cleared up with the EU member states finally agreeing on new rules.

In short, the patient's 'country of primary residence' will now have to pay for the treatment if he went to another EU state to recieve it.

However, if a patient living outside his country of origin chooses to go back home for treatment, then it is the country of origin that is to pick up the cost.

This was seen as a resounding victory for Spain, who made the proposal, where a significant number of retired people move to from other EU countries and place huge demands on the National Healthcare and does not want health tourism to destabilise this.

The proposal is to negotiate a directive on European patient mobility rights at the European Parliament. The consensus among the EU member states is that this should not apply to any emergency care that is required for Europeans travelling outside home country.

Comment on this Story

 
Be the first to comment on this Story !!

Related Partners

Recommended Items

Related Articles

Related Blogs