EHIC renewals drop 23% in run-up to Brexit - MSE News

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The number of people with a valid European Health Insurance Card has dropped by more than 450,000 since last year, with renewals plummeting in the first quarter of 2019 as the UK prepares to leave the EU, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal...

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'EHIC renewals drop 23% in run-up to Brexit'

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bradders1983

Who woulda thought it? Any more obvious news you would like to exclusively reveal?

Doshwaster

I renewed mine last week. It had expired in March and I wasn't going to bother but it now looks certain that we will be in the EU for at least the summer. Quick service - it only took a few days to arrive so they mustn't be busy.

Pollycat

I'm not sure why anybody wouldn't bother for something that's free and takes minimal time.

bradders1983

In other breaking news, sales of VHS tapes are down.

agrinnall

Expect a flood of threads along the lines of "I got ill on my European holiday and my insurer has refused to pay the whole bill".

PompeyPete

Doshwaster wrote: »

I renewed mine last week. It had expired in March and I wasn't going to bother but it now looks certain that we will be in the EU for at least the summer. Quick service - it only took a few days to arrive so they mustn't be busy.

I thought I might need mine in Malta....checked the expiry date, it had recently expired.

Renewed it there and then online....date was effective immediately.

waamo

Mines valid until 2021. I've set a reminder to renew it then.

Doshwaster

PompeyPete wrote: »

I thought I might need mine in Malta....checked the expiry date, it had recently expired.

Renewed it there and then online....date was effective immediately.

I think renewals are effective immediately but I had misplaced my card so it takes a few days to receive a new one.

LilElvis

At least spotting this thread prompted me to check ours as we're going away in the next half term holiday - to find they expired 19 April. So that's three more applications they've received. Told the god-daughter about it later and she hasn't got one - so she's applied too.

sillygoose

waamo wrote: »

Mines valid until 2021. I've set a reminder to renew it then.

The way things are going I agree, we will be on our 4th brexit extension by then no doubt.