Access to Healthcare of Migrant ‘Third Country Nationals’

1 In the European Union (EU), based on national (and/or regional) law, EU citizens are first entitled to healthcare in their home country. In addition, they are also entitled to cross-border healthcare based on EU law (Cross-Border Healthcare under Article 56 TFEU and the Patients’ Rights Directive; Cross-border healthcare under Regulation 883/2004), as well as the law of the European Economic Area (EEA), linking Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein (‘EEA/EFTA countries’) to the 27 EU Member States (‘MS’). However, the triggering factor—for both a national situation...