Youth Cancer Europe have revealed today how a shocking majority of European citizens, including youth with cancer, are unaware of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive and Regulation on Coordination of Social Security Systems: two crucial documents that give EU citizens the right to receive life-saving treatment for free in any other Member State, paid by their own country of residence (as opposed to the host country). This means that patients are often left to find out about this crucial right by themselves, resulting in information being accessed inaccurately or once it’s too late.
