Single Trip Travel Insurance Do I Need It?
Single Trip Travel Insurance Do I Need It? by patrick chong If you re planning to visit another European Union country, you may have heard that you won t need single trip travel insurance, as your health protection will be free. Unfortunately, things aren t quite as simple as that. Here some frequently-asked questions are examined. Why isn t it as simple as that? At the risk of getting into the exotics of legal language, if you look at the specific wording of the reciprocal arrangements between member states, you ll see a critically important clause. That wording confirms that you would be entitled to free medical care, on an emergency basis, at a comparable level to that provided to local citizens. In other words, you are not automatically entitled to the same things you d get on the NHS for free. You would only have access to those things…