People traveling with a health insurance card have the right to be treated under the same conditions as nationals of that country. It turns out that Spanish doctors take advantage of a legal loophole, which means that tourists are obliged to pay for their treatment.
The health insurance card does not change anything anyway
The European Health Insurance Card gives us the right to cover the necessary costs of health care in another country on the same conditions as its national. For this reason, it is recommended to have such a card. Traveling to Spain, having European health insurance card they have to pay for their hospital treatment. Why? Spanish doctors take advantage of a legal loophole that allows them to impose these fees on tourists.
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Tourists from Scandinavia
SOS International announces that they often encounter cases when they collect bills from public hospitals. These bills refer to hospital charges for Scandinavian tourists who had a health insurance card with them.
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Hospitals in the Canary Islands
One company that handles many urgent and emergency cases from insurance companies believes this problem is particularly affecting hospitals in the Canary Islands. How do Spanish doctors circumvent the law? It turns out that legal loopholes apply when a patient is referred by private doctor to a public hospital. Experts add that this problem is a known case and advise tourists to act on their own and not to be deceived when we actually have a health insurance card.
Are you a tourist going on vacation to Spain? Do you have a European health insurance card and are you sure that the problem with paying for hospital treatment does not apply to you? Read the above article and find out how Spanish doctors handle the law.
