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Cost a friend from the UK €500 to get an ambulance in Germany. She was covered by her insurance but it was still a bit of a surprise for us as we don't charge
by aembleton 8y ago
Cost a friend from the UK €500 to get an ambulance in Germany. She was covered by her insurance but it was still a bit of a surprise for us as we don't charge anything for an ambulance.
- mschuster91 8y agoThis situation might be because the ambulances are operated by NHS which is also UK health insurance, therefore for citizens no charges apply. Similar thing in Germany: the ambulances directly bill w/ health insurances, nothing needed except the insurance cards. Now, the NHS may not charge German patients themselves for an ambulance ride in UK but either quietly deal directly with the German insurance to get the cost back, or eat it entirely because the administrative overhead would cost more than the fees paid by German insurance would actually bring in - while the German ambulance operator might have decided to put the administrative burden on your friend. tl;dr: international health care insurance/refunds are weird, avoid if possible...