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??? insurance for possible complications procedure ?

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I want to travel from UK

Can you get medical insurance cover for complications that may arise from procedure ?

Or is this impossible ?

Who's passport medical ? do they do the insurance

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Silver,

I live in the UK and was treated for CCSVI abroad (in continental Europe).

I was treated in a private hospital which was covered by my private health insurance.

I did not have any complication, everything went smoothly. But in case of emergency I had obtained the european health insurance card provided by the NHS. This card will give you access to emergency treatment in a few countries where the UK has an agreement with.

See:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1073.aspx?c ... goryid=159
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Thank you Tmrox I hope to travel to Egypt looking on the link im not covered ...

is this the o E111 card ?

Hope your keeping well from your procedure ?
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This is the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card). You can apply online (for that with will need your NHS number). I got the card about a week after my on-line application.

Otherwise, I have much recovered since I had the angioplasty four months ago and I'm still making steady progress.

Good luck with your CCSVI testing and treatment.
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tmox

Thank you for the link its very good to know it replaces the old E111.

I was hopeing to have procedure in Egypt but this is out of the NHS zone no aggrement with them on UK travelers.

No insurance company will cover me for a pre planned medical procedure I called AXA and another medical travel insurance company.

They will insure me to travel for hoilday with a pre exsisting medical condition but not for a planned medical procedure.

I was rather hopeing should anything happen as a result of the procedure during or after I could be flying home in air ambulance if need be -
now Im not expecting anything bad as its a procedure and not an operation.

Should I choose to travel abroad outside NHS cover Ill have to fly by the seat of my pants throw caution to the wind

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well best of luck, I hope that everyhting goes well and without complications.

For your peace of mind, the european health insurance card does not cover you for going abroad for a planned treatment. Anyway, I got it just in case.

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcare ... ction.aspx
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Hi, See allclear.co.uk They cover travel for medical treatment abroad. This covers additional accommodation/travel if recovery is longer than anticipated, but they do not cover for complications of treatment. Google it - I found 4 other companies doing this but they were MUCH more expensive. (See 'Insurance' on this site)
Best of luck.
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eyebrow wrote:Hi, See allclear.co.uk They cover travel for medical treatment abroad. This covers additional accommodation/travel if recovery is longer than anticipated, but they do not cover for complications of treatment. Google it - I found 4 other companies doing this but they were MUCH more expensive. (See 'Insurance' on this site)
Best of luck.
Eyebrow thank you very much a good find
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