Why do EU patients still pay health bills abroad first?

EU PERSPECTIVES - Fall ill on holiday in another EU country, and the bill is yours to pay first. Patients then wait an average of 69 days to get their money back from home. Lawmakers now want member states to settle up between themselves instead, so patients never have to pay at all. Read more

Cross-border care often means long journeys — and a bill to settle before coming home / Photo: Simon White (Unsplash)