From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 29/08/2025 07:53 PM, Mark Goodge wrote: 
  
 > On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:10:01 +0100, JNugent  wrote: 
 > 
 >> I had travel insurance (I buy that annually for travel to the USA a 
 >> couiple of times a year) but both (state-run) hospitals accepted my GHIC 
 >> card and passport as sufficient evidence that I was entitled to 
 >> treatment on the same basis as a citizen - free of charge. I was lucky 
 >> to be where I was when taken ill, I can tell you. 
 > 
 > It's worth bearing in mind, though, that while a GHIC card accompanied by 
 > proof of identity is sufficient to obtain treatment, one key thing it won't 
 > cover is travel costs incurred as a result of your medical incident - for 
 > example, if you miss a ferry home due to being in hospital or, worse, need 
 a 
 > medical repatriation flight. So travel insurance is still worth having, 
 even 
 > if you're only going to places where medical treatment will be free. 
  
 I paid for a flight home so as not to have travel by road (ie, coach). 
  
 I wasn't interested in getting my chosen mode of travel mode paid for by 
 someone else. 
  
 That might, I suppose, be unusual. 
  
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