Originally Posted by
Dannyboy39
To be fair, in places like Spain there is a reciprocal health agreement in place as part of being in the EU - the insurers don’t cover it because there is no charge. So what is the value of insurance?
Oh.....
I have pointed this out on another thread that while sitting around a swimming pool in Spain I was taken ill. The hotel receptionist called out a private doctor no doubt for a backhander. He called out a private ambulance for I guess another backhander which took me to a plush 5 star hospital.
I was lying there thinking how marvellous their equivalent of the NHS was. If never occurred to me that I was raking up a 4 figure bill and was being treated privately. It was only later on my return to the UK that I found out when the bill arrived. As for my EU medical card, it was worthless. As for my insurance, it was priceless.