The right to health care is one of the fundamental rights laid down by the Maastricht Treaty, the main document of the European Union. Health protection of European union citizens is a complex and comprehensive system in which Croatia became a stakeholder by joining the European Union on the 1st of May 2013. Being member of the European Union has brought Croatia many opportunities but also a handful of commitments. One of these obligations was adaptation of European legislation. Knowing that the health legislation ‘’package’’ was part of a larger set of rules and regulations in generally it has not been noticed by the Croatian citizens. Directive 2011/24 / EC was adopted a few months later and received a lot more media coverage. The Directive main aims are to clarify and simplify rules of cross-border healthcare access for citizens of the European Union. Although the directive has been implemented in the Croatian legislation a civil implementation remained largely unnoticed. A large number of very questionable issues remained unanswered not only for Croatia but also for other EU countries. Every three years from the entry into force the implementation of the Directive has to be discussed. However the success of the Directive has remained largely on an voluntarily decision basis for most EU member states. Time will show if the main ideas of the Directive have been accomplished.