Ensure the reciprocal EHIC remains for UK citizens after the Brexit transition

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Without EHIC access to European healthcare will be inefficient, costlier all round and lose lives. Buying travel insurance with chronic health conditions or in older age can be unaffordable and unobtainable and fail to provide immediate access to healthcare. Travel will be prevented for many people.

As Europeans, we are closely connected and our regular, often extended travel requires easy, instant access to local healthcare. Delivering it without the EHIC is wasteful, stressful and cumbersome with many insurmountable hurdles, such as obtaining immediate reports from our overstretched GPs before insurers will authorise healthcare. During the Covid-19 pandemic the EHIC is an essential element for anyone booking safe European travel. Other non-EU countries are part of the scheme. Why not UK?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Ensure that EHIC will remain available to UK citizens after The UK leaves the EU

Timeline

24 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Nov 2020

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