104 Euro Hospital Bill

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Too Late

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5,092 posts

234 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Earlier this year i was on a stag do in Berlin. During the evening we wondered past one of these:



With little or no peer pressure i climbed to the top ready for photos. with a "few" beers in me i decided the best method for me to get down was to jump onto a dangling branch and land on my feet. The only problem was that in practice i landed on my head.

Off to A&E. In A&E i wasn't asked anything other than my address which i don't remember listing but i must have for the bill to have be posted out to me.

My question is do i have to pay it?
I have an EU medical card and travel insurance. What do i do now?

My first thought was not to pay... Then i thought i should contact my travel insurance company.. then i thought its much easier to not pay again....

Davie_GLA

6,521 posts

198 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Sheesh. Phone your insurance. It's why you buy it. Unless your excess is much higher.

Spare tyre

9,460 posts

129 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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no idea, did you give em your european health care number thing that everyone waffles on about?

Probably easier just to pay it and forget about it - will be interesting to see what others say

Rovinghawk

13,300 posts

157 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Too Late said:
with a "few" beers in me.......... i landed on my head.

Off to A&E.
My question is do i have to pay it?
Man up & take responsibility for your actions.


Too Late said:
I have..... travel insurance. What do i do now?...
Call them. Simple.

Mk3Spitfire

2,921 posts

127 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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No idea what the answer is, but great story, and enjoy the reaction when you explain to the ins company exactly how the accident came about!

Too Late

Original Poster:

5,092 posts

234 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Mk3Spitfire said:
No idea what the answer is, but great story, and enjoy the reaction when you explain to the ins company exactly how the accident came about!
And my luck, well i say luck, if i had had some luck i would have landed on my feet..... it was maybe around 11pm when i [cough] "hit my head" and as soon as i hit the floor, 4 doctors on push bikes which were passing stopped and checked me out!

surveyor

17,768 posts

183 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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IF you were drunk... Your insurance company is not likely to want to know.... If you were not drunk they are likely to want to know how you managed to injure yourself in this way...

Private Pile

754 posts

194 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Just pay it.

Private Pile

754 posts

194 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Just pay it.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Private Pile said:
Just pay it.
Or give them your Ehic card number ?

iandc

3,708 posts

205 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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So in summary you have "a few beers" in Germany, do something really stupid, get a head injury, passers by who are medically trained stop and help you (presumably smelling the alcohol on your breath) you get taken to hospital and treated then you moan about a bill for 104 Euros. Get a life and man up and pay or claim off your insurance and stop moaning.

Jon1967x

7,177 posts

123 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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I had to pay 10 euro in spain many years ago when I sliced open my hand and needed 6 stitches on the bottom of the villa pool. Thats even with a EU medical card and stone cold sober.

All things considered, pay it. And we should start introducing similar charges for drunks needing treatment in the UK - if you can blow that much on booze, you can pay a little extra to be stuck back again afterwards.

Fort Jefferson

8,237 posts

221 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Send the bill to your local PCT, they'll pay it.

Old Merc

3,486 posts

166 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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104 Euro`s that`s cheep,pay it.You were pissed and pissing about,should have been 1040 Euros.
If all the hospitals in the UK charged every pissed bloke who falls into casualty £104 the NHS would be a lot better off??

PurpleMoonlight

22,362 posts

156 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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The EU health card doesn't entitle you to free care, it entitles you to care at the same rate as a local national.

I don't know what the German system is but if they, or their insurer, would be charged then so will you.

KFC

3,687 posts

129 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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iandc said:
So in summary you have "a few beers" in Germany, do something really stupid, get a head injury, passers by who are medically trained stop and help you (presumably smelling the alcohol on your breath) you get taken to hospital and treated then you moan about a bill for 104 Euros. Get a life and man up and pay or claim off your insurance and stop moaning.
This.

Its unbelievable that you can act like a drunk ahole, get completely patched up for the price of a decent meal, and then cry about it and look to scam them out of the money.

Vaud

50,291 posts

154 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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PurpleMoonlight said:
The EU health card doesn't entitle you to free care, it entitles you to care at the same rate as a local national.

I don't know what the German system is but if they, or their insurer, would be charged then so will you.
Indeed.

  • The EHIC will cover any medical treatment that becomes necessary during your trip, for example because of either illness or an accident. (In an emergency you can dial the European emergency number 112 from any telephone or mobile phone).
  • The card gives access to reduced-cost or free medical treatment from state healthcare providers.
104 euros after a self inflicted injury sounds fair.

Bill

52,485 posts

254 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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speedyguy said:
Or give them your Ehic card number ?
E-hic seems appropriate. biggrin

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Good for the Germans.

When is this country going to wise up and charge drunks who present to A&E?

IainT

10,040 posts

237 months

Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Try injuring yourself skiing...