1. The CB News gives a detailed list of what you need to get healthcare and what you are entitled to. I cannot see why they would lie about any of this. CB News does not have the whole of the paper on line and I can't find the two page article that I read in the actual paper. It clearly states that the Comunitat Valencia (when you drive down the road from Guardamar on the CV90 or CV905 or whatever, this is what the CV stands for) provides free healthcare for all residents. So Guardamar, Torrevieja, Alicante, Quesada etc are all covered.
2. Maybe the people in the programme in the Javier/Denia region don't have residency. In which case, they are not covered.
3. My British next door neighbours in El Galan are residents. They are covered by the Spanish Health service but also have private insurance as a lot of Spanish people do. This gives them the choice, much the same as in UK. They can use the new hospital in Torrevieja but, if it is a long waiting list, they can use the hospital San Jaime under their insurance which is, they tell me, quite reasonably priced.
4. My wife and I are about the same age as you and your husband. I will be under male retirement age when we move over permanently but my wife will be of retirement age (or as near as damn it). This is why I have checked this subject out extensively. Different provinces have different rules but Valencia and Catalonia definitely provide free health care to all residents regardless of age. We went to the Orihuela Ayuntamiento on Tuesday last and this was reiterated at a meeting for expats (of all nationalities) by a member of the local council. Elections are coming up in this area and we were told that the area covered by this Ayuntamiento (Orihuela Costa and up to Villamartin) was all in Valencia which provides the service. We were also told that, to provide this service, they were clamping down on the misuse of the EHIC which was costing so much. From what I remember, if you get your E121 or E106, the Health authorities can claim 121 euros a year from the NHS for two years which covers your health costs until you get residency. Your GP gets £74 a year to look after you in UK so this is about right. Remember, your E121or E106 will give you full cover in Spain for 2 years. If this takes you up to retirement age, all well and good. But if you live in the Comunitat Valencia, you will be covered anyway. Murcia province has different rules and Murcia starts just as Campoamar ends so San Pedro de Pinatar is in Murcia even though it's only a couple of Ks outside Torrevieja. You can tell where Murcia starts because it's where high rise flats are being built which are now banned in Torrevieja.
5. When you next visit, go to the Ayuntamiento in Guardamar and check out the rules. If you go to a doctors surgery in the area, you will be given a SIP card (entitlement to health services) automatically. If you don't receive a permanent card, they will simply give you a new temporary card when it runs out, as many people on the Torrevieja site have mentioned.
For those in Murcia, Costa Calida, Costa Almeria etc, the rules will be changing if the Murcia councillor is to be believed.
For those on the CDS, Malaga, Andalucia etc, I suggest you contact your local Ayuntamiento to find out what the rules in your particular neck of the woods are.
Also remember that in the UK we have different rules as well depending on whether you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. If you are registered with a GP in Hereford (for example) , if you live in Wales you will get free prescriptions from this year but if you live in England, you won't. And this is being registered with the same GP.