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The EHIC replaced the earlier "form E111" and does not introduce new citizens' rights, it just makes it easier to manage the system. The Regulations governing cross-border health care within the EU seem to date from 1971-2. See EUR-Lex: 2004/562/CE: Decision No 198 of 23 March 2004 concerning the replacement and discontinuance of the model forms necessary for the application of Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council (E 110, E 111, E 111 B, E 113, E 114, E 119, E 128 and E 128 B).

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 27th, 2009 at 06:13:03 AM EST
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See also SCADPlus: Social security schemes and free movement of persons: Basic Regulation for 1408/71 and implementing rules for 574/72.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed May 27th, 2009 at 06:16:33 AM EST
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That is actually interesting... The Danish insurance companies were making a big story about how these new rules limited the coverage compared to the old rules.

Of course, it did coincide with a decision to limit coverage (surprise, surprise - can I please have a new government over here? The one I have is only showing movies that I've seen before...), although not quite in the way the ads put it: The restriction was on coverage area, not coverage quality. Specifically, a couple of Mediterranean non-EU countries where people have brown skin and speak funny are no longer included. Hands up, anybody who's surprised by this... Yeah, that's what I thought.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Wed May 27th, 2009 at 07:54:51 PM EST
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