Luxembourg, 25/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - A Member State cannot refuse to reimburse medical treatment undergone by its pensioners who fall ill in another Member State, on the grounds that this illness was chronic and the deterioration in the state of their health was not sudden.
The Court of Justice answered a Greek tribunal brought by Vasileios Ioannidis, after his Greek medical insurer refused to reimburse him when he was rushed to a German hospital following an angina attack.
The Court...