The 2011/24/EU directive on cross-border health care has been in force for exactly three years. It has produced limited effects. This is the conclusion drawn by the participants at a conference organised at the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission in its implementation report on Monday 24 October
The directive stipulates that European patients who have chosen to receive health care in a member state other than their own can be reimbursed for the planned health care by the...