>Thats not the impression we get here. Regularly see stories about people having accidents or getting ill in the US then being presented with huge bills. One reason I'd never travel to the US without insurance. In Europe on the other hand provided I have the right form EH something or other I won't have to pay.

Form E111 (well actually a credit card size - E112?)

You have to pay in France, then claim back 2/3 of it via their soc. sec. offices.

Thing is - no questions at all are asked in the UK, whether an EU member or not - you just get treated. After all, there are thousands of people with foreign accents, or non-anglophones, who live and work here.

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>>>In the UK, there's no questions asked at all; someone's injured, he goes to AED (accident & Emergency Dept). So what if he's got a Canadian accent - he probably works over here. So AFAIK if you were over here, even without medical travel ins., you'd get treated ... and WE'D foot the bill for you!