Online medical insurance for short visa in Romania

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If you have health insurance that's valid in one country in the European Union (plus Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), you are usually covered in all of the EU. All you need to do is get a European health insurance card (EHIC); this is free and you can apply online. The EHIC entitles you to medical coverage in the country you travel to, for trips lasting up to a year.

In French, the EHIC is called carte européenne d'assurance maladie. You can get it online from the Ameli website.

Note that there may be “unusual” circumstances in which you cannot get an EHIC. In particular, if your health coverage in France does not come from a French provider, your coverage might not extend to other countries; check with your provider.

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As explained in the other answer, you are nominally covered with the European Health Insurance if you live in Europe. Sadly the public medical system in Romania is not as good as that in many other European countries, and there may be supplemental fees.

Therefore I'd recommend taking out additional insurance. A health insurance policy for travel is typically around 10 Euros for an entire year.

Also, the EHIC card only works if you are in the public health insurance of a European country. Since you need a Visa, I assume that you are not an EU citizen (or you wouldn't need one).

If you have private health insurance, e.g. from your home country, it will not qualify for the EHIC thing. However it may still cover treatment in all of the EU, you'd have to check your insurance contract.

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