Tourist healthcare
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Yeah, you definitely don't want to get sick or injured in this country.
I did, back when I visited. I didn't actually need it in the end, but better safe than sorry.
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Indeed. That goes for its own citizens as well.
Travel insurance is a must when going anywhere outside of the country you live.
I saw on the news where a pregnant English woman gave birth here in the U.S. and got a bill
for $150,000 for that error. She didn't have insurance.
What kind of pricing do these plans have? Is it kinda out of reach for a person of modest means?
Not that I do, but I could get away with it in Europe, reciprocal healthcare arrangements mean I'd be OK from that perspective. But for the US, it's as much a necessity as flights, in my eye.
It was relatively reasonable (Pretty sure it was less than the equivalent of $100) but it was ten or so years ago.
For most of my more recent vacations, like cultcross mentions, there's reciprocal arrangements in place (though I hadn't noticed my EHIC card had run out last time) - but I still have family cover insurance just in case.
Travel insurance is a must for any nation outside of the U.K.
I thought pregnant women were not allowed to board planes once they reached a certain stage in the pregnancy?
Its an old scam that some women used to use the free NHS in the UK to get citizenship for said baby and to avoid paying medical bills. The UK closed that loophole. The other loophole is still wide open, since we are the world's greatest suckers when it comes to healthcare and tourists.
I would say Travel Insurance is a must for anyone planning to visit the UK.
Travel insurance definitely is handy, even moreso now than it has in the past. You just never know what could happen, so it's always good to have some insurance just as a precaution. If you have something like AAA or CAA, or whatever equivalent, it can really come in handy. Just go in for some travel insurance before you travel and it will cover you for the length of your trip.
Nah keep your mouth shut, give a fake UK address and you will get treated. We don't have a 'show your identification papers' culture.
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"I live at 12345 Ekaf Street, London, England."
Yet. The US and UK are seemingly going down a similar path, and we are getting dangerously close to becoming a 'papers' culture.
Well it the UK it was our left-wing government (Labour) that introduced a National Identiy Card act, and our Right-wing led Government that abolsihed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Cards_Act_2006
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It will likely be brought up again, though this time by the conservative right wing government as a solution combating immigration. If not now, then soon.
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