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Hi, Just a thought , the new EHIC card which replaces the E111, states that we are now entilted to the same level of health cover as a local and includes pre-existing conditions, as we are all getting older it appears some of us are getting more of these ? which is causing problems arranging for private health insurance to cover us ?
I thought as we have a number of members from various countries it would be helpful if we could obtain a list of the STANDARD level of cover that they expect from there health service's, so we know what we are entilted to when and if we need it ?
I will help to keep it up - my impression after suffering a severe thrombosis in France a couple of years ago that it is a bl....dy sight better than we get here.
Western Europe is the healthiest region in the world, new rankings of health systems show. But the survey, which places the US and UK relatively low, suggests that spending a lot of money is not enough to guarantee high standards of health.
The survey of the health status of people in 175 countries, released on Monday, ranked nine Western European countries in its top 10, with Belgium heading the list followed by Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Italy and Norway.
Australia is the highest placed non-Western European country in the list, in joint tenth place with Germany and Denmark. The United States was ranked 17th, just behind Israel, while the UK came in 23rd place, after Greece.
The index measured the health status of individuals by looking at the amount each country spent on its people's health and at health indicators including life expectancy, infant immunization rates and death rates of mothers and babies. It was developed by World Markets Research Center, a company that analyses businesses.
Hi everybody, well just to let you know that here in Italy, when you reach the dreaded bus pass age, everything is free.
I need permanent drugs for a TIA, and just take the old box along to the surgery receptionist and then pass by later to pick up my prescrition, run along to the chemist, and they hand it over to me.
At the local hospital/clinic all necessary examinations/tests or whatever are also free of charge.
Even before 65 all my medication was free, but for examinations had to pay a
token 'charge' - depending on the complexity of the examination between 25 - 30 Euro a time.
Waiting lists for specialist appointments vary between 3 - 6 weeks max.
I think anyone visiting Italy would find emergency and general medical services pretty efficient, with the odd local black hole in the deep south.
saluti, eddied
As a health professional I'm not going to get involved in the various statistics. I'm only too aware of how they can be compiled to reflect what ever they set out to show.
My field is Trauma, and I don't think the UK would be blowing it's own horn if we were to say, that in the UK Emergency Health care is "probably" the best in Europe.
I know about waiting times in A&E etc. What I'm talking about is life threatening conditions. If you are injured in your motorhome (God forbid) on a motorway, a state provided Ambulance will arrive with highly skilled professionals who will treat on scene. You will then be taken to A&E were you will receive immediate health care.
The original question was not posted to condem or compare health services, it was to make things clearer for everyone on what and how to obtain the standard level of health care in the country they visit?, and to put people with pre-existing conditions that can't be insured, at ease.
I think if you check out the web site that i posted you will see that ?in certain counties if you don't show the EHIC card before you are treated ?? or point out that you want the state system, it could cost you a lot of money (all because you took the wrong door).
I hope it doesn't happen but i can see a situation when you have Travel health Insurance that only covers you for certian things (or excludes some pre-existing conditions) that you could find yourself taking the insurance route only to find that your pre-existing condition was causing the problem, it is therefore nice to know that if this did happen you or someone with you can ask for the rest of the treatment to be undertaken through the EHIC system
The information you have provided will i am sure help fellow members from outside of the UK to what they can expect (god forbid) they have an accident here.
I was just pointing out that it is difficult to compare levels of health care when all member states provide different levels of care. You cannot compare apples and oranges!!!!!!
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