Costa del Sol suffering a continued 'health deficit' because of treatment of foreign residents and tourists

Costa del Sol suffering a continued 'health deficit' because of treatment of foreign residents and tourists: "Experts in cross-border health care consider the new European Directive on the matter will limit the number of programmed operations, but will not solve the problem of overspending.

The problems are highlighted on the Costa del Sol where a deficit in health care costs running into millions is established each year by the treatment of foreign EU residents and tourists.

New Government forecasts think that the Spanish Health Service is suffering from a 2 billion € deficit in funding nationally each year.

Andalucía obtains some 25 million € a year from the EU in compensation for the costs of attending to EU residents and tourists, according to the Andalucía Regional Government. However this amount is well short of the real costs.
An example of this can be found in the pensioners community, with one on four residents aged over 65 in Málaga province, a foreign resident. The regional health service receives just 2,800 € a year for each one."

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