Originally Posted by
LTNman
The EHIC card was never a substitute for travel insurance. Just ask those families that turned to GoFundMe to get loved ones home by air ambulance.
I bow to someone's better knowledge about this, but I dare say that the EHIC will cover a high % of ailments that will need to be dealt with down-route. It is worth remembering that outside of the EU, the UK has a number of bilateral agreements with governmental healthcare (Australia), but also a lot of countries we don't (Turkey, UAE). Unless there is no choice, the insurer does not cover private healthcare.