Calling all retired refugees from the British winter!!
We are heading off to Spain at the end of October, and other than a short 3 week trip home by air for Christmas, expect to return to the UK around mid April.
We are finding health insurance for such an extended stay difficult to find and very expensive. Most annual policies only allow 31 days away, and single trip policies for a long stay are very expensive (even Saga and Age Concern). We have good cover for the car, caravan and breakdown for up to 180 days away, now it is just us!! We are generally in good health and are considering relying on our status as citzens of the EU (we are now over retirement age and entitled to the same service as the nationals of which ever country in the EU we happened to be in). We appreciate that while this would ensure that our health needs were catered for, there would be other expenses and possible repatriation costs to consider in case of severe illness. People we spoke to last winter in Spain had joined a local emergency scheme at a very reasonable cost that ensured swift removal to hospital in an emergency. Has anyone found anything better?(Not Red Pennant, as it is an excellent service, but the cost for such a long stay is prohibitative).
We are heading off to Spain at the end of October, and other than a short 3 week trip home by air for Christmas, expect to return to the UK around mid April.
We are finding health insurance for such an extended stay difficult to find and very expensive. Most annual policies only allow 31 days away, and single trip policies for a long stay are very expensive (even Saga and Age Concern). We have good cover for the car, caravan and breakdown for up to 180 days away, now it is just us!! We are generally in good health and are considering relying on our status as citzens of the EU (we are now over retirement age and entitled to the same service as the nationals of which ever country in the EU we happened to be in). We appreciate that while this would ensure that our health needs were catered for, there would be other expenses and possible repatriation costs to consider in case of severe illness. People we spoke to last winter in Spain had joined a local emergency scheme at a very reasonable cost that ensured swift removal to hospital in an emergency. Has anyone found anything better?(Not Red Pennant, as it is an excellent service, but the cost for such a long stay is prohibitative).