Health Insurance News

The EU national health insurance card for UK residents is now the free UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), which lets you get necessary state healthcare in the European Economic Area (EEA) and some other countries on the same basis as a local resident. It replaced the old European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for most […]

The EHIC card, or European Health Insurance Card, is a free card that lets UK residents access state-provided, medically necessary healthcare when visiting the EU and a small number of other countries. It is being phased out after Brexit and replaced by the free UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), issued by the NHS Business […]

Global health insurance cards, in the UK, usually mean the Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), a free document that lets eligible UK residents access medically necessary state healthcare abroad on the same basis as a local resident. It is issued by the NHS, not an insurer, and it is not a private medical insurance policy […]

Private health coverage is an insurance policy that pays for eligible private medical treatment of new, acute conditions, letting you be treated outside the NHS waiting list. It runs alongside the NHS rather than replacing it, and it typically covers diagnosis, consultations, scans, surgery and aftercare for conditions that arise after you join. Private medical […]

A free UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) lets you get necessary state healthcare in EU countries, and a few others, on the same basis as a local resident, and you apply for it online through the official NHS service at no cost. The card is free, there is no deadline to apply, and it […]

Health insurance for visitors to the UK is cover you buy before or during your trip to pay for medical treatment the NHS does not provide free to non-residents. The NHS is a residency-based system, so anyone who is not “ordinarily resident” in the UK is treated as an overseas visitor and can be charged […]