European Union law precludes national legislation that in all cases excludes reimbursement of the costs of an emergency treatment undergone by a patient in a Member State other than his or her country of residence, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday 23 September (Case C-777/18).
A Hungarian national with longstanding eye problems scheduled a medical appointment with a doctor in Germany at the end of September 2016 for 17 October 2016. He was informed by the...