If you don't want healthcare protection from the country where you normally
live, your situation depends on the country where you originally came from.
If you wish, you can register with a specific healthcare protection from your
country of origin (when provided), but you will still pay and benefit from the
local system.
In Ireland, doctor charges are around €40
There are three different types of hospitals in Ireland
but there is very little difference in practice between the first two types:
- Health Service Executive hospitals, owned and funded
by the Health Service Executive
- Voluntary public hospitals, most of whose income
comes directly from the government. Voluntary public hospitals are sometimes
owned by private bodies, i.e., religious orders.
- Private hospitals, which receive no state funding.
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European Card for Sickness Insurance
In case of medical care need when abroad in Europe, it allows European
members to get refund for their medical expenses, according to the legal
arrangement in the visited country.
It replaces the E111 form and other European
forms (E110, E119, E128) used for short term visits in European
countries. It is an individual card with your name, and each family member
should have one (including children under 16). It is valid 1 year and
free.
The card is not given automatically: you will need to ask your social
security centre a few weeks before the departure.
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