I am traveling to Amsterdam from the UK. Do I need Hospital Benefit included with my travel insurance?
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at
7:12 am
I am going to buy an insurance policy, but can I go for the cheapest deal, which does not include £100 hospital benefit – do you have to use a hospital bed in the Netherlands/Amsterdam?
I meant to say – do you need to pay for a hospital bed?
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An EHIC card will pay for the basic emergency cover.
In the Netherlands you will charged for a bed yes (when staying overnight). It would be wise to ensure this is covered. My mother-in-law had to stay in hospital here (Netherlands) when she was visiing, and ended up with a bill of €4000. Fortunately she had full cover and her insurance company paid for the total bill
Better to be safe than sorry!