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Hi All
Have residency here and was wondering if the Spanish Government helped financially with prescription charges. I am over 65yrs.
At the moment am paying 55E per month for prescriptions!1
Any replies appreciated!
Extracts from the full website info at the link below.
All residents in Spain need to register to access healthcare.
Once registered for healthcare, basic state services are free, but there are some things that patients need to pay for. For example, you usually have to pay something towards prescriptions – either a reduced price or the full price.
UK nationals usually access the Spanish national health system in one of these ways:
If you are not working
If you’ve been a resident in Spain for 5 years or more, you can apply for permanent residency. This will give you access to state healthcare on the same basis as a Spanish citizen.
Spain uses a co-payment system where residents usually pay between 10% and 60% of the cost of prescription medication. How much you pay depends on your circumstances.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-in-spain-including-the-balearic-and-canary-islands
Hope this helps!
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:21pm
RichT wrote on Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:06pm:
Extracts from the full website info at the link below.
All residents in Spain need to register to access healthcare.
Read more...
Once registered for healthcare, basic state services are free, but there are some things that patients need to pay for. For example, you usually have to pay something towards prescriptions – either a reduced price or the full price.
UK nationals usually access the Spanish national health system in one of these ways:
through entitlement to healthcare if they’re employed or self-employed in Spainpaying directly into the public health insurance scheme (Convenio Especial)registering a UK-issued S1 form with the social security officeusing a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) for temporary staysthrough entitlement to healthcare as a permanent resident if they’ve lived in Spain for 5 years
If you are not working
If you’ve been a resident in Spain for 5 years or more, you can apply for permanent residency. This will give you access to state healthcare on the same basis as a Spanish citizen.
Spain uses a co-payment system where residents usually pay between 10% and 60% of the cost of prescription medication. How much you pay depends on your circumstances.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-in-spain-including-the-balearic-and-canary-islands
Hope this helps!
Many thanks!
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