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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by mattlondon on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:59AM (#27481965)
What? I think citation needed here.

As far as I am aware, healthcare in most EU States is universal and not dependent on employment.

Sure you can get private healthcare through employment, but the state systems is there for everyone if they need it.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by meheleventyone on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:35AM (#27482775)
I think they probably mean if you move countries, for example it took a few months for me to get setup with Iceland’s health service when I moved here.

But there’s easy schemes to retain cover like EHIC. https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559

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