Health Insurance
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 in Italy.
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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 around 150 euros per calendar year to have a full health coverage. (Note that it means that the registration expires on December 31st of each year). 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 (maximum for exams is 36,15 Euros).
Applying is simple: Fill out the giroslip with the numbers below and pay it at any post office within working hours.
You should use a B/W giroslip called Conto Corrente Postale .
sul C/Cn: 181347
euro 149.77 (centoquarantanove,77)
Intesto a: AMMINISTRAZIONE P.T. - C.S.S.N. REGIONE FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
causale: Iscrizione SSN 20XX (year) per (your name(s) and surname(s))
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) and entitles you to benefit of the Italian Healthcare System.
You can also pay via Bank trasfer following the instructions.
Documentation required
The following documents are needed to be entitled to public healthcare services:
- Scheda di iscrizione volontaria al Sistema sanitario nazionale (Form for voluntary registration with the SSN) filled in and signed.
- Permit of stay or the receipt issued by the Post office at the moment of the application
- Passport with visa
- Tax identification number or Codice fiscale
- Original of the receipt of the payment of 149.77 euro
- Self certification that you do not have any other source of income except for grants and fellowships
- 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 ASS (Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari). 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 ASS, 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?
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 ASS. To use it write the name of your street - omitting the initial via or piazza or viale or similar - and the civic number, then click on cerca. The web page will display your address followed by the number of the distretto. Once you go there, you will also be assigned a general practitioner.
When you have discovered which distretto you belong to, you should visit the relevant office and ask to be registered (if you're not fluent in Italian it's better to ask for assistance from your colleagues).
| 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. | http://goo.gl/maps/UodBx |
| 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. |
Additional information about the Italian Health Care System can be found at the Welcome Office Trieste webpage.
Here's the guide to join to the SSN (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale) , the Italian Public Health System. Through this procedure you will be finally covered by the health insurance.
Remember to check the deadline of your health card in order to renew it when needed. If your permit of stay is expired, your health card could be renew only for few months (3) and you will need to renew it several times a year.
These are the forms you have to fill in to ask for the renewal/first issue of your health card.
Here's the List of General Practicioners
- Is it NOT needed for getting a VISA
