MEDICAL EXPENSES
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTRAVEL insurance companies have been saved from additional exposure to risk within the European Union (EU) by a European Court of Justice ruling underlining the right of all EU citizens to receive free medical care in whatever Member State they happen to be living or visiting.Under the EU's E111 form system, Member States should pay for the healthcare of visiting EU foreign nationals, and then reclaim the costs from the patent's home government, saves insurance companies from covering health problems suffered by EU citizens travelling in a Member ...
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