#TESSERA SANITARIA ONLINE REGISTRATION#

Non-EU citizens staying for work, family, international protection, pregnant women, fostering or adoption must register to the Italian National Health Service (SSN – Servizio Sanitario Nazionale).

#TESSERA SANITARIA ONLINE REGISTRATION#

The registration with the National Health Service - SSN can be either 1) Mandatory or 2) Voluntary. You will need a Tessera Sanitaria, Italy's health insurance card, to book a visit with a doctor, purchase a drug at the pharmacy, do blood tests and other kinds of medical diagnostics, undergo specialist examinations, or be admitted to a public hospital.

You can always change your family doctor by contacting one of the offices of ATS Milano again. At the time you enrol in the Public Health Service, you will be asked to select the name of a General Practitioner (Medico di base, or family doctor) to get free medical consultations, prescriptions and referrals.

Public health care includes a network of primary care physicians and pediatricians and offers a vast gamut of medical services. In Milano, public health care is provided through Hospitals and the territorial Health Management Agency (ATS - Agenzia di Tutela della Salute), run by the Lombardy Region. Short-term visitors from another EU country should bring their EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) with them.īy compiling an S1 form, EU citizens who plan to stay for longer periods of time in Italy can transfer their home country's health coverage and be enrolled in the Italian National Health Service at no extra cost.ĮU citizens and non-European nationals with a regular Residence Permit (Permesso di soggiorno) are entitled to the same kind of health coverage and welfare rights that pertain to Italian citizens. To access the Italian Health Service, you must hold a valid Tessera Sanitaria (Italian Health Insurance Card). It is regulated and overseen by the Ministry of Health, but is administered through Regional agencies. The Italian National Health Service (SSN – Servizio Sanitario Nazionale) is public and tax-funded health system.

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