European Health Insurance Card

The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which replaces the E111, gives UK inhabitants access to state-gave healthcare in all European Economic Area (EAA) nations at a diminished expense or in some cases for nothing.


Furnished with your EHIC card, the UK healthcare framework will take care of the expenses of any surprising restorative treatment you needs as an aftereffect of mishap or ailment. It even covers previous therapeutic conditions.

The EHIC just applies to state care nonetheless. Private healthcare suppliers in the EAA are not secured.

What nations are secured under the EHIC?

The EHIC is substantial just in the EAA. This is sans an exchange zone between nations of the European Union (EU) furthermore incorporates Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

The European Health Insurance Card won't be perceived in any nation outside the EEA.

What does the EHIC spread?

Your EHIC may not cover everything that would be free on the NHS.

Standard treatment between European nations changes at the same time, fundamentally, the card will give you the same treatment as an occupant of the nation you are going to. You can see a rundown of medications accessible in every nation by going to ehic.org.uk

The European Health Insurance Card likewise covers routine maternity care, on the reasonable condition you are not traveling to another country to conceive an offspring. Be that as it may if the conception comes sooner than arranged, it will take care of the expense of all related medicinal treatment for both mother and child.

Regarding the matter of expense, treatment will be free in some nations while in others, you may need to pay a patient commitment known as a 'co-installment'. It may be conceivable to get a discount for this when you land back in the UK if one was not accessible abroad.

Do I require an EHIC on the off chance that I have travel insurance?

While the EHIC will give some spread, there is no such thing as EHIC travel insurance.

For instance, the EHIC won't cover you for repatriation to the UK if your disease or mishap is intense, which alone can cost countless pounds. Nor will the EHIC spread you for the entire host of different occasions that could happen when traveling abroad, for example, lost or stolen baggage, retractions and postponements.

So while your European Health Insurance Card is an important expansion to your travel wallet, it is pivotal that you are likewise secured with the right travel insurance policy, whether this is a solitary trek or multi-excursion bundle.

EHIC in addition to travel insurance is the most secure and choice for European travelers.