A European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) provides EU residents with access to public healthcare across the bloc. For people insured in Austria, the European Health Insurance Card can make it easier to access public healthcare in many European countries without being treated as a private non-resident patient. Austria has also introduced a digital e-card for use in Austria, but for travel it is still safest to carry the physical e-card with the EHIC on the back, or a provisional replacement certificate if your EHIC fields show asterisks.