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Sanitaria

6 years ago
An interesting twist. We are moving to France on Sunday. The French authorities told me that I should bring the S1 form so we can be covered for medical and drugs in France. I went to the sanitary office in Palermo and asked for that form. They told me that it's only for those who have paid into the SS system in Italy. Since our pension is American, we are not eligible. Then she asked if we have the free coverage or the payment coverage now. I told her we had free coverage. She spoke to her supervisor and was told that we should not have that for the same reason and that we should be paying for Dr. Visits and an annual premium of about 500 Euro. Since she hadn't taken our names, my wife and I quickly stood, thanked her while she was still talking and skadaddled before she asked any more questions.

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