Most of the 1 million Britons in the EU are earners, so pay into the health systems of the EU member states they live in. Private health insurance was also beyond the means of many retired people, who are likely to have pre-existing conditions. But the announcements have done little to relieve the mounting anxiety of many retired Britons on the continent. There’s no way I could ever afford to pay for private healthcare, or even to join the Spanish system. As a worker posted temporarily to the EU and continuing to pay UK national insurance, he was initially covered by the S1 reciprocal scheme, she said.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2019 04:52 UTC