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HEALTHCARE IN BULGARIA
The British Department of Health website clearly states that Britons travelling to or living in Bulgaria are entitled to critical and essential expatriate ...
Bulgaria is putting major reforms into its Health Service in preparation for its entry into the EU. Hospital treatment and other medical and dental treatment is usually free but payment will have to be made for medicines supplied by the public pharmacy. There is a reciprocal healthcare agreement in place between the UK and Bulgaria in advance of Bulgaria joining the EU but will require a UK passport and medical card number plus an E111.
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A good expatriate healthcare plan is essential for anyone living outside of their country of nationality. The cost of treatment isn’t that cheap in the first place and medical inflation is expected to grow this by over 7.7% in 2008 (CNNMoney.com).
Many people still believe that they can rely on reciprocal arrangements between the country of residence and their adopted country, but if you’re not working (and paying into a government scheme) there’s every chance that you don’t have any protection at all. In your country of nationality there is most likely a requirement of residency to allow treatment to be received in a public health facility (as there is in the UK).
This was recently highlighted by the French government, who recently decided that any new people moving to their country must prove that they are financially prepared so not to be a burden on the State which now includes proving that appropriate healthcare insurance is in place. Similar rules apply in much of Europe.
Purchasing appropriate cover that looks after you in your adopted country and your country of nationality (plus the rest of the world, if available) is paramount for anybody considering moving abroad, even if it’s a basic In-patient/Day-patient policy with evacuation (such as Expatriate Healthcare’s Primary plan www.expatriatehealthcare.com).
If you go abroad and ‘go commando’ your are putting the dream of a long sunny life with financial security in jeopardy.
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