Anyone know what happens if you have private health insurance and are unfortunate enough to need an ambulance and emergency treatment? Do the ambulances take you to a private hospital? 
I was asked this question earlier by someone whose understanding is that the main hospital doesn't treat private patients.
Any thoughts please....

Have been looking at health Insurance in preparation for our residency application. Had quotes from three firms,  each with or without excess payment. They range in cost 125, 220 and 240 with excess to 268, 272 and 285 without (all monthly payments).  We are 60 and 67 years old. 

Be interested to hear from others: how much do you pay, with or without excess, service level, recommended companies etc, including comments on the government scheme .

TIA

Tom 

Hi, to everyone,

Can you recommend a company for health care insurance for Residency purpose? 

Any advice would be great.

Many thanks Bob.

I have recently gained access to the Spanish health care system & it was easier than expected. 
(I am under pension age, full time resident but not working here).
Firstly a trip to Central de la Salud and a form to fill in for the Convenio especial, which was then submitted complete with copies of my passport, residencia, empadron and bank details (It will cost 60 euros per month until I'm of retirement age). 
I also needed to sign a declaration stating I was not able to access any other pu

Just read on the BBC web site that Spain have agreed to honour the European Health Card until December 2020 regrdless of UK leaving EU without a deal. This must be a relief to many UK travellers including myself who were unsure whether they would have to purchase health cover for their stay in Fuerte.

Who would you recommend for Health Insurance and what is approximate cost PP please. TIA

I have a neighbour who has lived here for 3 years, and has not joined the above system, he was apparently unaware he could but pays private insurance for him and his wife, he is 61 and she is a couple of years younger, he is currently paying €200+ per month for medication, in addition to his premiums, questions, am I right in saying he can elect to use the system and is there nay one with the experience of doing so?

from Radio Sintonia:

[size=small][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Ministry of Health [color=#fe040e]of the Government of the Canary Islands launches the Virtual Individual Health Card (TSI) which facilitates access to the technological tools included in the miSCS service of the Canary Islands Health Service, available on the website www.miscs.org, guaranteeing the security of the information

Noticias:

Health alert: an antidepressant and anxiolytic drug sold in Spain is withdrawn.

[color=#000000][font=asap-regular, Arial, sans-serif][size=small][color=#555555][font=asap-regular, Arial, sans-serif]The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (Aemps), under the Ministry of Health, has warned on its website about an unexpected effect on some batches of an antide