=0D=0ATeemu this is why I didn't know about it: ************* From=201 June 2004, 13 European countries began introducing the European he= alth insurance card. The remaining 16 countries including the UK are commit= ted to introducing the new card by December 2005. An extra 18 months was gr= anted to these countries as they did not have existing national health card= systems which could be adapted to the new European model. ************ the extra 19 months for us is a con: we all have National Insurance cards.= =20 The wording of the UK document suggests strongly that trips to Europe to j= ump a queue here are not what this is about! --=20 Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK =20 mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html