Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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All in all I think thats bloody cheap
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Indeed. An MRI for 69 euros is the bargain of the year. A single filling can cost a lot more than that in the UK dentist.
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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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Yeah definitely - A mere x-ray in the private resort doctors cost me €75!
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you couldn't make it up
No one would believe you
Colin B wrote: |
Was that the guy who broke his leg last week in several places on his birthday? Friend of a friend. |
I went to visit him in Tione hospital yesterday and it turns out that your mate of a mate also didn't have any insurance.
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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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Wayne, why oh why oh why !!!
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why oh why oh why !!!
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because they're eejits. No other explanation.
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Last Feb ,I injured my knee skiing in Davos and used my EHIC card for all the treatment at state GP practice and city hospital.The care was exellent, I had to pay small amounts for GP,MRI scan but claimed them all back from the insurance(BMC),who were really good.
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I was back at the doctor yesterday for a follow up appointment and I asked him how much the € 50 emergency exam and X ray would have been if I didn't have an EHIC card. He looked at me slightly bemusedly, then pointed to the price list on the wall and said, "this is what you pay me whether you are French, European or from anywhere in the world - you pay me this, and then you can claim back the money from your national security or your insurance if you have it." So he's a private doctor but affiliated to the social security system which therefore limits the amount he can charge people. Think I'm finally, just about, maybe starting to understand how this malarkey works
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My OH lived in Rouen (N France) for a year and she's owed about €800 by the medical system - it's free, but you pay upfront then claim it back from social security after the event.
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bobmcstuff, presumably from her doctor rather than from the hospital where your EHIC can be used to stop you needing to pay in advance if I understand cockofthenorth,'s experience properly?
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Presumably. I'm not too sure of the ins and outs because it was well before I was with her. She did try to get it back once but it required going into the office with 12 different types of ID and seven year's bank statements and so on and so forth in a typical over-complicated French beaurocratic system, and they're extra mean to English people so she never managed it.
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bobmcstuff wrote: |
they're extra mean to English people so she never managed it. |
sure they are.
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"this is what you pay me whether you are French, European or from anywhere in the world
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You mean they don't dish it out free of charge to all-comers like they do in the UK?!!..... shame on them........and then we all ponder over why the NHS is broke?!!
Mmmmm...... our NHS would likely need a few dozen conference calls, and Project Management teams to obtain some high level stats/ KPI's so they could report back to the Trust Managers on how to measure it!
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You know it makes sense.
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and here's another recent example...
http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/brit-left-with-at-least-60000-in-medical-bills-after-fall-on-blackcomb-glacier/Content?oid=2286432
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So far, almost everyone seems to have been concentrating on covering their own medical/rescue costs. I suspect these pale into insignificance compared with the potential amounts if someone else was injured and decided to sue you. Obviously, we all try to ski safely but can you honestly say you've never had a near miss? We see insurance as an essential and would never ski without it. |
This is an interesting point. I don't have travel/ski insurance now as I'm covered by BC MSP when skiing here, but that only covers my medical costs (got to try it out a few weeks back ). Not sure annual travel insurance would cover me for local ski trips... hmmm
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Wayne, Ouch, never met him myself.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Can anyone suggest a good reason for not simply relying on a combination of the EHIC and the worldwide rescue/emergency medical/repatriation cover provided by the Austrian Alpine Club (included in the membership for less than £50 per year)?
If the only answer that anyone can come up with is that you wouldn't be covered for flight cancellation and loss of baggage, it seems to me that this combination may be worth considering for anyone who does a lot of skiing and would find the usual travel insurance annual maximum of 17 or 21 days winter sports too restrictive.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My bank account includes travel insurance, so I go belt and braces, Carre Neige + EHIC + Bank Travel Insurance. If I think that I might go off piste I add an insurance that covers this, this year it was SCGB. This may seem over the top, but Murphy's law says it is the year that I don't have insurance when I have an accident! Relative to the cost of the trip insurance is not very expensive.
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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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Tatman's Tours wrote: |
Can anyone suggest a good reason for not simply relying on a combination of the EHIC and the worldwide rescue/emergency medical/repatriation cover provided by the Austrian Alpine Club (included in the membership for less than £50 per year)?
If the only answer that anyone can come up with is that you wouldn't be covered for flight cancellation and loss of baggage, it seems to me that this combination may be worth considering for anyone who does a lot of skiing and would find the usual travel insurance annual maximum of 17 or 21 days winter sports too restrictive. |
I think that combo is fine for Europe and rely on that myself
I have a trip to a more remote place coming up and came to the conclusion that some of the levels of cover offered by the AAC may be a little low if I needed a full blown medevac
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cran
cran
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I just have EHIC + carte neige, after looking into what benefits extra insurance actually provides (for what I need) I don't see any point in having anything more.
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Another emergency medical repatriation option is German ADAC breakdown cover which offers this included in their policy.
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cran, I suppose the only problem is if you had hospital bills in, say, France taking you over € 19,000 before they could repatriate you (i.e. EHIC picks up 80% of French hospital costs, CN picks up remaining 20% but with a limit of € 3800 medical for a non-French resident).
Or have I still not got the hang of it...
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What if you crash into someone and they sue you?
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bobmcstuff, CN covers you for liability.
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I just have EHIC + carte neige, after looking into what benefits extra insurance actually provides (for what I need) I don't see any point in having anything more.
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Have a read then decide .
http://www.natives.co.uk/news/2004/10/16cart.htm
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My question above seems to have triggered another debate about the efficacy of Carte Neige, which, as I understand it, is quite limited in scope and confined to France and countries bordering France. I've just obtained the worldwide cover provided by the AAC for less than £40 and am now seriously considering whether it's worth
bothering at all with conventional travel insurance.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tatman's Tours The AAC cover seems to cover you for what it covers you for. Only you can decide if it covers you for what you want to be covered for.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Tiger2, True - just wondering what others thought (based on their knowledge and experience) about its scope and adequacy (in combination with the EHIC) in Europe. The decision I eventually make will no doubt be informed by any such opinions and experiences. I'm also curious to know how the AAC cover compares to CN and why (if CN is more limited) anyone would want it.
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Tatman's Tours, having read the leaflet it looks pretty good to me.
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You know it makes sense.
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tatman's tours - in France, CN has the benefit of convenience. if you are stretchered off the mountain you just give them your policy number and that's the end of it. no need to pay up front and claim back off the insurer
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Must sort new insurance before next week.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Arno, Yes, I can see that paying for that convenience, as opposed to enhanced cover, is something that may be worthwhile if skiing in France.
Tiger2, That's what I thought - if only it extended to missed flights (after my somewhat stressful experience getting to Salzburg last Saturday!) I think I'd be happy to stick with it without further deliberation.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hells Bells, If you find a nice, cheap policy that covers up to say 3 months skiing per year, do please let me know!
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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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I actually have two 'free' policies, one with each of our current accounts, one has 31 days skiing included, the other is no good at just 17, but neither cover us for skiing off-piste without a guide.
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Carte Neige says it's valid worldwide for all sorts of skiing and then in Europe for mountain biking and hiking (or worldwide if it's part of an activity organised through an affiliated club).
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So is it possible to by Carte Neige for a season on it's own ?
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AndAnotherThing.., yes, it's the Carre Neige that's attached to your liftpass
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Hells Bells, same here - I supplement it with AAC which covers off piste, touring etc
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cran
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jean claude mont blanc wrote: |
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I just have EHIC + carte neige, after looking into what benefits extra insurance actually provides (for what I need) I don't see any point in having anything more.
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Have a read then decide .
http://www.natives.co.uk/news/2004/10/16cart.htm |
Yeah, I've read that... I don't need extra insurance... CN/EHIC covers what I need.
Other people may need more, e.g. for getting back to the UK, baggage/cancellation, help translating French forms or whatever... but I don't.
I'm not saying don't get insurance, just that there's no point paying for it if it doesn't give you any significant benefits, and that depends on your circumstances and your judgement of what is worth having covered.
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cran, as said before, as long as your hospital bills don't go over €19,000 at which point you will have to pay (unless you are resident in France and have a mutuelle etc.) Given that this thread started with a bill of £26k (although that did of course include repatriation and rescue), it is worth thinking about. My dad had a severe stroke - no known pre-existing condition - in his late 40s in Colorado and was unable to leave for 6 months. I dread to think what the medical cost would have been without insurance. Even in Europe with your EHIC picking up much of the tab, that sort of care doesn't come cheap.
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miranda, So it's not resort dependent ? But you have to buy it with a pass ?
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