Revision as of 20:21, 21 March 2010

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Payment of the insurance

The first time

Being a non EU/EEA citizen, in order to apply for the Permit of stay for the first time and to obtain a basic health assistance, you have to underwrite a private health insurance policy (e.g. INA-Assitalia). The price is 49.00 euro for up to 6 months and 98.00 euro for 1 year. This insurance only covers urgent medical assistance (surgery and accidents) in the Emergency Room (Pronto Soccorso). It can be paid at any Post Office in Italy.

For the payment you should fill out the receipt called Conto Corrente Postale as follows:

sul C/Cn: 71270003

euro 98.00 (if it is paid yearly); 49.00 (if you pay it for 6 months).

Importo in lettere: novantotto,00; quarantanove,00 -

Intestato a: INA Assitalia - Agenzia Generale - Via Curtatone 4 - 00185 Roma

Causale: Assicurazione Sanitari Stranieri - 1 anno (1 year); 6 mesi (6 months)

Eseguito da: Your name, surname and address

With this payment and many other documents you can ask for the permit of stay. (See Permit of stay).

Payment of the insurance for the renewal of the permit of stay

From the second year on, you can choose either to continue paying the private insurance (e.g. INA-Assitalia) or to register and pay for the National Health System. (Either you choose gets reimbursed by SISSA).

If you choose the INA-Assitalia insurance policy just follow the instructions described above. Alternatively (or at any time, once you have gotten your first permit of stay) you can choose to be enrolled in the National (Regional) Health Care system (SSN). It costs around 150 euros per year to have a full health coverage. This does not mean that everything is for free but that you have the possibility to have your "base" doctor whom you can visit for free and prescribe medicines/exams. Some medicines and all exams are subject to payment (maximun for exams is 36 Euros). Please note that the registration to the SSN expires on December 31st of each year.

Application is simple: Fillout the postal form with the numbers below and pay it at any postoffice within working hours.

You should use a red payment receipt called Conto Corrente Postale .

sul C/Cn: 181347

euro 149.77 (centoquarantanove,77)

Intesto a: S.S.R. Friuli venezia giulia assessorato sanita

causale: Iscrizione volontaria al Servizio Sanitario Nazionale - Studio 2010 (your name and surname)

Eseguito da: (your Name, surname and address)

The receipt of this payment together with other documents allow you to request the registration to SSN. (See below).

Register with the Italian SSN

The following documents are needed to be entitled to public healthcare services:

1. "File:Iscrizione.pdf Scheda di iscrizione volontaria al Sistema sanitario nazionale" (Form for voluntary registration with the SSN) filled in and signed.
2. Permit of stay or the receipt issued by the Post office at the moment of the application
3. Passport with visa
4. Tax identification number or Codice fiscale
5. Original of the receipt of the payment of 149.77 euro
6. Self certification that you do not have any other source of income except for grants and fellowships
7. Certificate of residence (only if you reside in Trieste) or self certification of your domicile in Trieste (the same address you have written in your permit of stay)

Please remember that you must pay the registration fee before you go to the ASL. The health card (tessera sanitaria) will be issued immediately and free of further charges. The SSN card covers the same period of your permit of stay. Upon registration at the ASL, you can also choose a General Practitioner from the list that will be shown to you. Remember to ask for a General Practitioner that can speak foreign languages!!

Attention: if you have only the receipt issued by the Post office of the application of the permit to stay, you can only apply for a temporary one-month registration with the SSN after payment of the relevant fee; the temporary health card can be renewed until 31st December of the same year and will have "ISCRIZIONE PROVVISORIA" (temporary registration) written on it.If your permit of stay is being renewed, you can register for a maximum period of 4 months.

Where to register with the Italian SSN?

After you have collected of the documents listed above, you can go to the following offices (ASL) to apply for the registration:

Additional information about the Italian Health Care System can be found at the Welcome Office Trieste webpage.