The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) entitles UK residents access to necessary, state provided medical treatment, during a temporary visit in the European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland - at a reduced cost or free of charge. The EHIC is valid for five years.

As a valued Citybond policyholder, you will have no medical excess to pay when the EHIC is used to reduce medical costs.

Please remember to take your EHIC with you when you travel and check that it is still valid, as you are required to present it for medical treatment. Each traveller will require a card. The EHIC will cover the costs of managing pre-existing medical conditions, maternity care or renal dialysis but it will not cover you if you are going abroad to receive medical treatment.

The EHIC is not an alternative to Travel Insurance. Repatriation, private medical treatment, mountain rescue, stolen property and the like are not covered. Please click here for a Trip Travel, Year Round, Long Stay or Young Traveller Travel Insurance quotation.

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Countries covered by the EHIC:

Austria, Belgium,Bulgaria, Cyprus (not including Northern Cyprus), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.