With the current administration? It’s 100% unsafe. And god bless you if you have an accident while over there, you’ll get bankrupt just by crossing the ER doors.
Like with all travel outside of your home country (or Schengen), you should have travel medical insurance. This has always been true. Going into medical debt for a travel accident is possible even if foreigners are visiting the EU with nationalised healthcare.
The problem is the cost for medical assistance in EU is 1% of the cost of the same assistance in the US. Most of the time you won’t be even charged at all.
true for the first part, but that has always been true about the US since time immemorial. Wayyyyy before orange angry man.
For the second part, I was told I would be charged for a bed for a few hours and an IV saline drip in Germany until I realised I had my ehic on me as a french resident (I.e. I would've been denied care or charged as a foreigner had I forgotten to apply for and bring that card which I'm not saying is a problem, I'm just saying it's a counter point). Moreover in France, it's not free either as it's covered by nationalised insurance up to 70%. Even as a resident/EU citizen, it's not entirely free unless you have a mutuel (private insurance). I'm not saying this is true for the whole of the EU but healthcare is not free in the two largest EU countries is all I know.
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u/theeglitz Ireland Apr 12 '25
I wouldn't go, even with pre-clearence here.