Therefore it is mandatory to subscribe to a basic healthcare protection (LAMal) as soon as you arrive in Switzerland. In order to register, you need to choose a fund amongst the health insurances (see : http://www.comparis.ch or http://www.geneve.ch/social/assurance). You just need to contact the fund of your choice and register. For the mandatory insurance, there is no medical test form, because there is no possibility for the fund to refuse. The insurance department can provide some standard letters for subscription and cancellation that it is possible to download on the SAM website: http://www.geneve.ch/social/assurance
The mandatory insurance covers the following fees:
You will get the list of general practitioners in the canton of Geneva on the AMGE website. Most of the doctors who work in Switzerland speak English or German in addition to French, so you should not have difficulties. However, if you want specifically a doctor speaking your language , you can check on the AMGE website.
You will get the list of pharmacies in Geneva on the website: http://www.pharmacies-geneve.ch
The pharmacy staying open 24h is indicated here.
You can also see the Geneva hospital website:
http://www.hug-ge.ch
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