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Why An Expat Needs Insurance When Returning To The Uk

It is not normally easy to get travel insurance outside UK if you are already abroad or living there.  To obtain cover you will have to find a specialist insurance company on the internet.

If you are an ex-pat and plan to travel to the United Kingdom you would benefit from having medical cover.  This may sound strange with the National Health free at the point of service. However if you have not lived in your own country for a while you may find that you will be charged should you end up in hospital.

You would have to have been back for six months to be eligible to have treatment under the free National Health Service.  I know this because a friend of mine became ill and they would not treat her because she only had been back for four months or so to look after her terminally ill sister.

It is especially important to get cover if you are of advanced age and have a medical condition.  Your illness may be well managed by modern medicines, but a change of climate or diet may put your system out of kilter.

For these kinds of cases there are also companies that will insure you for your trip, even if you have cancer, diabetes or heart problems. 

Together with this type of cover you may want to add other bits of insurance such as cancellation, lost luggage or lost property.

I have been an expat now for 9 years.  There are many of us who for one reason or another choose to move to another sunnier country for financial reasons.  Many Britons who moved to Spain are now keen to move back home because of the dire property crisis.  Many assume that they can pick up NHS care as they have paid their stamp all their lives.

If you have had health issues in the country you are currently residing and you are covered by insurance there, it does not automatically mean that you can re-register with a doctor easily.  Unfortunately, because so many non-British travellers come specifically to our country for costly medical procedures, the loopholes have been stopped.

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