Previously In Europe

Healthcare models in the EU A lot of focus, especially in the US is on "Europe has universal social medicine" but the reality is much more complicated. Could do some examples such as: - Germany's weird insurance system - Ireland is garbage - The NHS - Whatever Sweden does??? - Greece and economic problems does what? The EU does health good? Well... sort of? It's not done at an EU level so you have different systems per country and even then access will differ even if the system sounds the same. Health insurance card thing (E111)? Get it out of the way quickly because for those from outside the EU it probably seems confusing. Since 2004/05 there's been a card for all the EEA countries and Switzerland which makes traveling in Europe easier - the idea being you're covered by your home country's system so the state you're visiting will get reimbursed by your country of residence, where you qualify for health coverage anyway. It's for emergency care and ongoing care for chronic illnesses (e.g. you can't