Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

spain never surprises me
try taking a spanish company to court and see what happens
they allegedly fall under european law etc, but hahahaha!

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Local Spanish doctors and hospitals HAVE to charge you direct or they will go broke.

In theory they can make an application for payment via the €uropean health card system, and blighty may well pay up, but the money goes via Madrid and is not passed on.

That's why the local hospitals/docs etc wont accept the so called reciprical payment scheme...it would be literally pissing the money away.

fortunately i have never had to try the system out anywhere, except Beloved may have used it once in France

Health tourism debate on Radio 5 Live now.

Cyners,

You should always carry an EHIC card around Europe, even if you have insurance.

They are intended for emergency healthcare. If you're laying in a pool of blood in the middle of the road or you're in the middle of a heart attack, you don't really want to be ringing your insurance company and waiting for them to sort you out with an ambulance.

Edit. The entitlement under the EHIC varies from country to country within the EU. You may find that, in some EU countries, you do need to pay for treatment, even with an EHIC. But, if the treatment you receive would normally be free within the UK, I think you can probably claim the costs back from the NHS when you get home. The best bet though imo is to carry private insurance and use the EHIC to get through the hospital door and use your private insurance to sort out the bill at the end of your stay.

Hilary spot on .

Or simply arrange to have your illness in the UK, then you wont have to worry about making any payment.

benefit fraud treating non tax payers on nhs costs the uk over 7 billion ever year
tax avoiding costs the uk over 3.4 billion ever year
that's a lot of money
so why is nothing done about these crimes
its enough to build a nuclear plant ever 2 years
if I was to try to claim benefits I would have to prove
who I am what I have in the bank .
were I have lived for the last 20 years
were I have worked
so how do these people running the dhss not do their job
ever one should be made to go in person not on line

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192694/Nigerian-woman-needing-Caesarean-immediately-flies-Britain-operation--costing-UK-taxpayers-10-000.html

ever one should be made to report to the job centre ever day
and clock on with their card and have a camera to video them
then it would only take one person to view the clock on

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192694/Nigerian-woman-needing-Caesarean-immediately-flies-Britain-operation--costing-UK-taxpayers-10-000.htm
she should never been allowed to fly the airline should be sued for the cash
that would stop it

our MPs are talk only no action

vote UKIP

thanks hilary
it happens that i always have both, but desist from falling ill abroad - and only very very rarely at home

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MrT - surely what you suggest should only apply if the would-be claimant refuses work .... i still like the idea of obligatory community work after a certain time

cynic no all to report unless they can not walk or have a note from two doctors
make them get out of bed and walk to the centre if they have no cash they have all day so say 4 miles a one hour walk will do them good
no excuse not to turn up if they do not clock on no pay for that day
SIMPLE

sorry old bean, but that's almost counter-productive
what's wrong with the concept of obligatory community work to qualify for benefits after a certain period

btw, i bet you don't walk at 4 mph!
i'ld guess that a good and fairly brisk pace is no more than 3 mph

cynic I sure do old bean .

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cynic I are very fit .and can run a mile under 5 mins thanks

cynic my wife loves walking sorry she marches says just walking is a waste of time
she is fitter than mygoodself