Ciao a tutti,
Un anno fa non mi sono imbattuto mentre visitavo Amburbello e ho richiesto un’ambulanza per portarmi in ospedale. All’epoca in cui ho fornito il mio GHIC (vengo dal Regno Unito) e il mio passaporto britannico al personale delle ambulanze e all’ospedale e ho pensato che fosse la fine.
Oggi mi è stata data una copia di questa lettera (mi sono spostata da allora). Non riesco a leggere il tedesco ma credo che mi stia chiedendo costi per il giro in ambulanza in ospedale poiché ho già fornito il mio GHIC all’ospedale e hanno detto che la questione è chiusa.
Per favore, puoi consigliarmi su cosa posso fare qui? Questa fattura potrebbe essere un errore? Credevo che il GHIC significasse che avrei pagato lo stesso tasso dei tedeschi residenti per un’ambulanza e che ciò non sarebbe stato di 701 euro.
Qualcun altro ha esperienza (in particolare come cittadino del Regno Unito dopo la Brexit) e può consigliarmi per favore?
Devo pagare i 701 euro e mi metterò in grossi guai per non pagare?
Grazie in anticipo per qualsiasi aiuto!
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di DrawerRemarkable4083
7 commenti
Talk to your insurance if they pay it, otherwise you will have to pay it.
Contact them and give them your information again.
Yes, that’s an invoice for one ambulance ride. Payable to an IBAN account number not on that bill, with that long number starting with 9743 in the description so they know it’s you.
I would recommend you to ask the NHS (That’s the public health insurance everyone in the UK is in, right?) if they paid that bill for you. And if they didn’t, ask them to either pay it for you, or pay you back the money so you can pay it.
What will happen if you don’t pay?
You will receive some dunnings, and then your case will be transferred to debt collection. Will they come to you even though you are in the UK? Good question. Are you sure you want to find out the answer?
Not an expert, but I looked into this recently for my own stay abroad.
EHIC still works in Germany after Brexit, it means you should pay the same as a German *insured* patient. Germans with insurance only pay €10–20 for an ambulance, but without insurance the full city tariff (€700) applies.
Likely the hospital billed the UK using your EHIC, but the ambulance service didn’t get those details and treated you as uninsured.
Contact Hamburg’s ambulance service, send them a copy of your EHIC, and ask them to bill via the statutory insurance liaison. NHS Overseas Healthcare Services might be able to advice as well
What makes you think Germans don’t pay the same? I’m quite sure we do, it’s just covered by mandatory insurance.
The last sentence:
“If you are not privately insured, please provide us with your health insurance provider and your insurance number, or in the case of an accident at work, your professional association and your employer.”
So I would send them (maybe again) your UK-GHIC Details.
Read more here https://www.eu-patienten.de/en/behandlung_deutschland/ungeplante_behandlung/wer_traegt_die_kosten_1/behandlung_wie_gesetzlich_krankenversicherte_3/krankentransport/krankentransporte_1.jsp
was it a necessary call or could you have gone there by yourself?