>>>Sure looks like Belgian healthcare to me
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>Yes. Perhaps you want to mention what happens if you pop down to the South of France for a beach holiday and need urgent medical care. ;-)

As it happens we have a house in the Midi. I'm just as well covered there - cost-wise - as i'm at home . Fortunately up to now i didn't need any medical treatment there but friends did and they had no complaints.
So i simply don't know what you're on about.