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There are two basic health insurances which are both payed by SISSA.
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[[Category:Life in Trieste]]
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One is called '''Sanitaria Italia''' (National Health Insurance) and costs around 150 euros.
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[[Category:Coming to SISSA]]
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Another one is called '''Assitalia''' and costs around 99 euros.
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[[Category:To be checked]]
  
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Firts one is to be enrolled in the National (Regional) Health system
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= Before you leave your country =
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and have a full health coverage. This does not mean that everything is
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for free but that you have the possibility to have your "base" doctor
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whom you can visit for free and prescribe medicines/exams. Some medicines and
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all exams are subject to payment (maximun for exams is 36 Euros).
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Applicatio is simple: Fillout the postal form with the numbers below
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and pay it to any postoffice within working hours.
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'''EU CITIZEN?'''  Check [[Rules for EU citizens]].
  
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You should use a red payment receipt called [[Media:'''conti correnti postali''']].
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'''NON-EU CITIZEN?'''
  
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'''sul C/Cn:''' 181347
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Usually when you apply for a [[Student Visa]], Italian Embassies and Consulates accept SISSA letter stating that you will underwrite a private health insurance when you will arrive in Italy.
  
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'''euro''' 149.77 (centoquarantanove,77)
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= Payment of the insurance=
  
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'''Intesto a:''' S.S.R. Friuli venezia giulia assessorato sanita
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Being a non EU/EEA citizen, in order to apply for the [[Permit of stay]] and to obtain a basic health assistance, you have to underwrite either a private insurance or to register and pay for the National Health System (either you choose gets reimbursed by SISSA). SISSA suggests and supports you with the second option.
  
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'''causale:''' iscrizione servizio sanitario nazionale 2009 cognome: Name:
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==Register with the Italian SSN==
  
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'''Eseguito da:'''Name, surname and address
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If you choose to be enrolled in the National (Regional) Health Care system (SSN), it will cost 700 euros per calendar year to have a full health coverage. '''(Note that it means that the registration expires on December 31st of each year).''' The amount of the health insurance changed from 150€ to 700€ January, 1st, 2024.
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The health insurance partially cover your health expenses and 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 (maximum for exams is 36,15 Euros).
  
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===Paying via F24 form===
  
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After this payment take your '''Insureance receipt''', '''temporary ID''' (Permit Application Receipt you were given from post office)
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'''To be updated'''
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and '''passport''' to the V stock 2 (ASS 1 Distretto 1) 1st floor room
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101-102 from Monday to Friday  in the morning within 8:30 -11:30 hours.
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Please refer to Students' Secretariat for the payment of health insurance.
  
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===Paying via bank transfer===
  
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Second insurance simply covers hospitalization if you have an address in Italy
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'''To be updated'''
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but it is strictly necessary for the first time Permit of Stay (Permesso di Sogiorno) application.  
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So the thing is without the [[Media:'permit receipt']] one cannot apply for Sanitaria Italia.
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===Required documents===
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The following documents are needed to be entitled to public healthcare services:
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# [https://wiki.sissa.it/students/images/a/a0/1_-_ENROLLMENT_to_SSN.pdf '''Scheda di iscrizione volontaria al Sistema sanitario nazionale'''] (Form for voluntary registration with the SSN) filled in and signed. Here's the [[Media:Istructions_SSN_enrollment_forms.pdf|instruction]] to fill it in.
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# Permit of stay '''OR''' expired permit + the receipt issued by the Post office at the moment of the application (called "assicurata" receipt). Assicurata receipt must to be less-than-6-months-old.
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# Passport
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# Original of the receipt of the payment
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We will forward documents ot the proper Distretto! Remember to enter doctors' names and to send us '''all''' documents.
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Please remember that you must pay the registration fee before you send us these documents. 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 Distretto, you can also choose a [[Doctors, Hospitals and Appointments|General Practitioner]] from the list that will be shown to you.
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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 three-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.
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===Where to register with the Italian SSN?===
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First of all you have to determine in which ''distretto'' you live in. In order to do this you can use [https://asugi.sanita.fvg.it/it/schede/s_home_page/distretti_ospedali/mio-distretto.html this utility] provided by the ASUGI (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina). To use it, write the name of your street and the civic number, then click on the ''magnifying glass''. On the map will be displayed your address followed by the number of the ''distretto''. If it does not work add your zip code to your address. Once you ask for the issue of your SSN card, you will also be assigned a [[Doctors, Hospitals and Appointments|general practitioner]].
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When you have discovered  which ''distretto'' you belong to, you will follow the proper procedure as following:
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'''Distrettos 1, 2 and 4''' fill in the proper documents following these [[Media:PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE ENROLMENT TO SERVIZIO SANITARIO NAZIONALE.pdf| istructions]]. Then send the documents to phd@sissa.it. Students' Secretariat will forward to the proper distretto. You will receive further information from Secretariat on how to pick up your card. The hard plastic card will be send to your apartment or to SISSA only if your address is correctly set in Agenzia delle Entrate DB.
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'''Distretto 1 only'''
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If you paid via giroslip, please also provide us a part of the original giroslip. You can bring it to Students' Secretariat mailbox at ground -1.
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{| class="wikitable"
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!''Distretto''
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! Address
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! Telephone number
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! Opening
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| 1
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| Via L. Stock 2
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| 0403997875
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| TUE, WED and THU from 8.00 to 11.00 hrs.
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| 1
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| Opicina - Via di Prosecco 28/A
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| 0403998164
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| WED from 13.00 to 17.00 hrs. and FRI from 08.30 to 11.30 hrs.
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|-
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| 1
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| Aurisina - Aurisina 108/D
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| 0403997921
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| TUE from 12.00 to 16.00 hrs.
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| 2
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| Via della Pietà 2/1 (II floor, rooms 204/205)
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| 0403992957 / 2960 / 2962
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| MON to FRI from 9.30 to 13.00 hrs.
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| 3
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| Via Valmaura 59
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| 0403995810
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| TUE, THU and FRI from 8.30 to 11.30 hrs.
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| 4
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| Via G. Sai 7 (San Giovanni)
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| 0403997453 / 465
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| MON, TUE, THU, and FRI from 8.00 to 11.00 hrs.
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|}
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=How to get the refund=
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Once you are registered into the SSN, you can ask for the refund, which is provided by SISSA. In particular you have to visit [https://www4.sissa.it/node/add/contributo-studenti-health this webpage], login using SISSA credentials by clicking on the yellow button, and fill in the online form. The form is then automatically sent to the Students' Secretariat and to protocollo@sissa.it.
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Additional information about the Italian Health Care System can be found at the [http://www.welcomeoffice.fvg.it/ Welcome Office Trieste] webpage.
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''' REMEMBER to check the deadline''' of your health card in order to renew it when needed. It can happen 2 or more times a year.

Latest revision as of 15:52, 22 January 2024


Before you leave your country

EU CITIZEN? Check Rules for EU citizens.

NON-EU CITIZEN?

Usually when you apply for a Student Visa, Italian Embassies and Consulates accept SISSA letter stating that you will underwrite a private health insurance when you will arrive in Italy.

Payment of the insurance

Being a non EU/EEA citizen, in order to apply for the Permit of stay and to obtain a basic health assistance, you have to underwrite either a private insurance or to register and pay for the National Health System (either you choose gets reimbursed by SISSA). SISSA suggests and supports you with the second option.

Register with the Italian SSN

If you choose to be enrolled in the National (Regional) Health Care system (SSN), it will cost 700 euros per calendar year to have a full health coverage. (Note that it means that the registration expires on December 31st of each year). The amount of the health insurance changed from 150€ to 700€ January, 1st, 2024. The health insurance partially cover your health expenses and 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 (maximum for exams is 36,15 Euros).

Paying via F24 form

To be updated

Please refer to Students' Secretariat for the payment of health insurance.

Paying via bank transfer

To be updated

Required documents

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

  1. Scheda di iscrizione volontaria al Sistema sanitario nazionale (Form for voluntary registration with the SSN) filled in and signed. Here's the instruction to fill it in.
  2. Permit of stay OR expired permit + the receipt issued by the Post office at the moment of the application (called "assicurata" receipt). Assicurata receipt must to be less-than-6-months-old.
  3. Passport
  4. Original of the receipt of the payment

We will forward documents ot the proper Distretto! Remember to enter doctors' names and to send us all documents.

Please remember that you must pay the registration fee before you send us these documents. 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 Distretto, you can also choose a General Practitioner from the list that will be shown to you.

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 three-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.

Where to register with the Italian SSN?

First of all you have to determine in which distretto you live in. In order to do this you can use this utility provided by the ASUGI (Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina). To use it, write the name of your street and the civic number, then click on the magnifying glass. On the map will be displayed your address followed by the number of the distretto. If it does not work add your zip code to your address. Once you ask for the issue of your SSN card, you will also be assigned a general practitioner.

When you have discovered which distretto you belong to, you will follow the proper procedure as following:

Distrettos 1, 2 and 4 fill in the proper documents following these istructions. Then send the documents to phd@sissa.it. Students' Secretariat will forward to the proper distretto. You will receive further information from Secretariat on how to pick up your card. The hard plastic card will be send to your apartment or to SISSA only if your address is correctly set in Agenzia delle Entrate DB.

Distretto 1 only

If you paid via giroslip, please also provide us a part of the original giroslip. You can bring it to Students' Secretariat mailbox at ground -1.

Distretto Address Telephone number Opening
1 Via L. Stock 2 0403997875 TUE, WED and THU from 8.00 to 11.00 hrs.
1 Opicina - Via di Prosecco 28/A 0403998164 WED from 13.00 to 17.00 hrs. and FRI from 08.30 to 11.30 hrs.
1 Aurisina - Aurisina 108/D 0403997921 TUE from 12.00 to 16.00 hrs.
2 Via della Pietà 2/1 (II floor, rooms 204/205) 0403992957 / 2960 / 2962 MON to FRI from 9.30 to 13.00 hrs.
3 Via Valmaura 59 0403995810 TUE, THU and FRI from 8.30 to 11.30 hrs.
4 Via G. Sai 7 (San Giovanni) 0403997453 / 465 MON, TUE, THU, and FRI from 8.00 to 11.00 hrs.

How to get the refund

Once you are registered into the SSN, you can ask for the refund, which is provided by SISSA. In particular you have to visit this webpage, login using SISSA credentials by clicking on the yellow button, and fill in the online form. The form is then automatically sent to the Students' Secretariat and to protocollo@sissa.it.


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

REMEMBER to check the deadline of your health card in order to renew it when needed. It can happen 2 or more times a year.

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