Someone else will need to answer on the border bit (though I doubt it), but I know from a friend who visited without travel insurance that he did have a bill for something like 30 thousand USD for a broken leg and rib. I think he just never paid it. He’s back in the UK now, and says he’ll never visit here again because of the experience with our hospitals
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dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
What happens if I’m a foreigner? Let’s say I travel there as a tourist, break an arm hiking, they put me in plaster. Let’s assume I’m careless and made no travel insurance. Are they going to stop me on the border?
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 10 months ago
kungen@feddit.nu 10 months ago
Nah, you’ll have no problems going home. But if the collectors are smart, they’ll pursue you in your home country.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You get billed, but you can just go home and not pay it. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the issue won’t still be waiting for you if you come back, though.