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Travel insurers' costs rise as Spain ignores European agreement

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Travel insurers are picking up the bill for treatments their policyholders are entitled to under European conventions, after Spanish hospitals are refusing to accept their European Health Insurance Cards.

According to the Association of British Insurers, travel insurers are aware of over 100 cases where UK holidaymakers have been refused treatment in Spain, despite producing their EHIC, and have been

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