Research Briefing
Published Friday, 18 December, 2020
This paper looks at the implications of the end of the transition period for social security co-ordination between the UK and the EU, including reciprocal healthcare arrangements.
End of Brexit transition: Social security co-ordination (219 KB, PDF)
The long-established EU Social Security Co-ordination Regulations provide a reciprocal framework to protect social security and healthcare rights for people moving between EEA states (and Switzerland). The regulations:
EU co-ordination of the provision of social security includes reciprocal healthcare arrangements, and there are rules on the reimbursement of healthcare costs between states:
A well-established system of administrative co-operation underpins these rules.
The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) allows the existing co-ordination rules to continue to apply to people after the end of the transition period, if they come within the scope of the Agreement.
This briefing looks at possible scenarios for social security co-ordination for people moving between the UK and the EU after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020, and for others not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. Specifically, it looks at:
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