Q has anyone here who is not on uk state pension, retired early in their late 50s who has a legitimate EHIC card for emergency healthcare use outsde of cyprus.... if so how did you get it - and I do stress legitimate - ie with out maintaining a UK address or appearing to be residnet in UK.....
Reason..... i have been refused twice - once here in Cyprus and another in Malta.... despite paying into the UKs NI system for over 35 yrs - we are not resident in Uk and we dont pay in to the NI system, similarly i was resident in Malta but we have the RHA (Reciprocal Healthcare Agreement) card there and just haVing that prevented us from having an ehic issued there too...... So it seems we fall into a black hole which the EU commission dont seem to be able to answer.... so why can one not have a card issued by my home state... after all if i stilL lived there id have one....
so basically i have to use and pay for private travel insurance and yes i know its not a replacement for it.