Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Snowheads!
My son got hit in the face by a snowball on Christmas day(!) in Avoriaz and needed 4 stitches at the medical centre.
Our insurance won't pay up the €162 because our policy excess is £200 unless you use you EHIC card in a state hospital.
The guy at the pharmacy said we didn't need the EHIC.
I take it the clinic in Avoriaz is not a state hospital?
Anyone know of any other way we could claim?
Thanks in advance guys!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The clinic in Avoriaz is unlikely to be a state hospital. Even if it were then you still have to pay for some treatments upfront, and claim them back later. The EHIC allows the amount you get charged up front to be the same as the locals.
From what I can see I think unfortunately you would have to pay the €162 yourself.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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cooky73, try sending all your feuille de soins, receipts, etc to the Department of Health (or whatever it's calling itself these days) along with a copy of your EHIC and the NHS may well reimburse a large part of the cost.
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cooky73, poor kid! that's not a very nice way to spend Christmas - having stitches in your face!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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£200 - that's a hell of an excess!! sympathise mightily with your misfortune but it's a timely warning - I'm just about to look around for a good deal for our insurance and I'll definitely be double checking the excess now.
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the bigger the excess, the less premium, usually - it's a gamble!
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Will try the dept. of health thing anyway thanks.
The lad who hit him was on our bus home! Luckily they are still friends
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