European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) affords travellers state provided necessary medical treatment in the host country. They cover temporary stays in European Economic Area (EEA) countries, plus Switzerland, and over 27 million people have one. Patients can be treated either at a reduced cost or for free by the state healthcare system. However, the future of this reciprocal benefit would be thrown into doubt by Brexit vote.
The UK remain severed ties with the EEA, as the card is not a European Union initiative, so feasible that in case the EHIC would likely cease to exist.
opinion
Today(6/24) the UK reached a decision to leave the EU, and this news created social disorder. Not only the dollar had fallen sharply, but also unemployment will be a serious problem. Brexit has had no little influence on the Japan’s economy. For example, the Japan’s export industry must be had influence. But, I think that it is important for the UK to recover the initiative as a nation, so I can understand the UK’s action. However, I objected to Brexit because this problem wasn’t ties with country to country, but severed ties with each other. Thank to severed ties, the UK will be accepted the EHIC as part of the single market. To be frank with you, I didn’t want the UK to leave the EU because Brexit may have influence for myself. We must search for a way to solve a problem.