GHIC and EHIC: two free devices in case of medical emergencies during your stay in France

This is something you don’t necessarily have to consider. While visiting France, you had an accident and required emergency hospitalization. Problem, now living and working in the UK, you are no longer covered by health insurance (except for contributions to CFE of course – French National Fund Abroad – or covered by private insurance) and risk paying a lot for your healthcare.

To avoid this, agreements were reached at the European level as early as the early 2000s. “EHIC” Where “European He...