Cross-border health services within the EU (cost, country, living, citizen)

[Snowball7]

Does anyone know of or have experiences concerning health care services
such as medications, hospitalization, clinics, emergency services, etc.
across EU borders ? For example if you are an Italian citizen living in France
and need to go to the hospital, what happens ? Many other examples could
be imagined and of course happen every day.
How do they handle this ? what are the differences ? what is the commonality ?

[Ariete]

If you have the EU security insurance card (paid by your country's taxes), you're entitled to the same healthcare and treatment at the same cost as a citizen of that country.

So an Italian tourist must be given the same healthcare that a French person gets.

[Krokodill]

Eurocard.

You have to go to the Social Security Office and ask an Eurocard (free).

With the Eurocard, they give you medical assistence.

[Snowball7]

thanks for the replies.
I looked it up and see where the EHIC card
can be used even in the UK.