Under EU legislation, a frontier worker is defined as an employed or self-employed person who resides and works in two different EU/EEA Member States or Switzerland and who usually returns to his or her country of residence on a daily basis or at least once a week. Frontier workers are entitled to he...

Yes, under the provision of the Directive 2011/24/EU   you are obliged to cover in full the cost of healthcare services utilised. Upon returning to your home country, you are entitled to request a refund for it from your competent institute for health insurance. The submitted request should contain ...

Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare - Directive 2011/24/EU entitles you to receive the necessary healthcare or planned treatments, under the provisions stipulated by the Directive, and wi...

The right to planned treatment in contracted healthcare facilities in other Member States of the EU/EEA/Switzerland has been granted by the European legal regulations on the coordination of social security systems, i.e. Regulation 883/04 and Regulation 987 /09.  According to Article 2...