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28 | Healthcare
© Dmitriy Melnikov
covered to state It’s not all bad news however, if only because
receive state healthcare to the increasing demand for medical insurance
healthcare paid for retired people entering internationally has lead to an explosion in the
by the UK, but it is worth checking from another country. Strange types and variety of cover available. Value for
exactly what’s available where you’re going. If when you consider that one of the major money has never been better as long as you
you’re not in receipt of a UK benefit, you’re planks of the EEC was freedom of travel and know what you need and where to look and
under retirement age and you don’t intend to settlement on exactly the same terms as in your that means talking to someone as experienced
work in your new home, you may still be enti- original EEC country. as ALC Healthcare. Our advice is free and we
tled to two and a half years medical care paid Some nations are even making the posses- specialise in ensuring that our clients have the
for by the UK, although some of our European sion of International Private Medical Insurance cover that’s exactly right for them and for
partner countries are becoming increasingly compulsory for all new residents, whether where they’re going. These days, if you’re going
tetchy about this. President Sarkozy of France working expats or retirees. This is particularly to be living abroad, no matter where you’re
for instance has just cut this benefit to two true in the Middle East where Abu Dhabi and going, tailor-made private medical insurance is
years and Spain is saying emergency treatment Dubai took the lead in declining free healthcare readily available and it’s no longer a luxury, but
only. Greece meanwhile no longer offers free to incomers of whatever age or working status. a necessity.
January 2009 Investment International www.investmentinternational.com7
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