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Who is eligible for Portuguese healthcare

5 years ago
This is a reposting of a post from last year. It gives a link to a chart that shows that legal residents are entitled to healthcare the same as citizens. At least that is how I am reading it.

dancebert

3/4/2018 03:43 EST

I've read variations saying it's available to 'citizens', 'permanent residents', 'residents', those with a 'residence permit' and those with a 'temporary residence permit'. I've yet to see a link to a government site.

Here is one for the Entidade Reguladora da Saude (ERS), the Portuguese Health Regulatory Entity. The page title is 'Access to Health Care by Foreign Citizens': https://www.ers.pt/pages/438?news_id=1203 It has English and Portuguese versions of the same document. The right hand column is labeled 'Third-country national citizen not covered by a bilateral agreement'. In that group:

Who? [is eligible for SNS health care "Citizens with a residence/permanence permit or work visa in Portugal" Clearly 'Citizens' refers to third country citizens, NOT citizens of Portugal.

What kind of health care? "All health care under the same conditions of the national citizen"

How much do you pay? "User fees in accordance with the Portuguese law"

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