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free of charge A&E in european union

Excuse-me, what are the countries in european union to have free of charge A&E , please ?62.182.99.65 (talk) 19:03, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Do you mean not getting charged for using the services of a hospital's emergency unit? Or free (as in free beer) access to the A&E TV network? Or something else?  --Lambiam 19:33, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

the hospital emergency unit, please.2A01:CB0C:38C:9F00:DDC7:51BC:963F:4EDA (talk) 16:50, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

In Italy are free of charge critical patients (code red) and urgent patients (code yellow). The others have to pay a 25 € fixed fee plus the socalled ticket on the specialist services provided, with several exceptions, see [[1]]. In Germany nothing is free of charge, without a valid assurance ID you get an invoice as private patient, very expensive. Plus more and more often 50 € fixed fee except if the patient is critical or urgent. Good luck 2003:F5:6F12:6900:114F:CA11:A303:740C (talk) 17:42, 2 July 2020 (UTC) Marco PB

This is probably going to be a hard question to answer. The level of free care is going to vary. Are you asking about immediate life saving saving care, or varying degrees of longer term care and rehabilitation. Do you count nominal fees as free - care and pharmaceuticals can be subsidized at pennies to euros. Is the patient a citizen of an EU country, a country with which the host country has a medical care agreement, the patient has travelers' insurance, etc etc etc. I suspect the answer very much depends on what kind of a scenario you are imagining. The devil is in the details. 85.76.78.189 (talk) 18:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)