Coronavirus COVID-19 : how your insurance is going to help you ? The Covid-19 coronavirus, originally known as the Chinese coronavirus or Wuhan pneumonia - the city where the epidemic originated - is keeping the world on alert and has caused an unprecedented health crisis, aggravated by its spread outside China...
How does Dental Insurance work in Portugal ? Keep smiling with dental insurance! Everyone knows nowadays that paying attention to oral hygiene is not a matter of how you look, but rather a way to maintain overall health. Yet, the truth is, even if you see it as a health issue, dental...
Health Insurance in Portugal: How It Works Beyond the tax benefits for pensioners, Portugal is attracting more and more European workers who are coming to work, develop a business and enjoy an excellent quality of life and some of the best sun in Europe. Some 500,000 French workers have chosen this...
Healthcare in Portugal Pursuant to European provisions, English expatriates residing in Portugal shall be exclusively assigned to the Portuguese social security system and will, therefore, lose status as insured under the English system. Two healthcare systems co-exist in Portugal: the public healthcare system Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS), for the employed, pensioners and...
Guide to Health Insurance in Portugal Unlike in England where the two healthcare systems (public and private) co-exist with patient freedom of choice and guaranteed minimum cover by the social security system, the SNS (Servicio nacional de Saùde) in Portugal never reimburses private sector healthcare. In order for care to be...
How does the private healthcare system work in Portugal? Just like in Spain and Great Britain, there are 2 healthcare systems that co-exist in Portugal: the public and the private healthcare systems. Thanks to European cooperation agreements, English expatriates may benefit from the Portuguese public healthcare system based on universal and...
Mutual benefit health insurance in Portugal You’ve arrived in Portugal: a new life, new plans... but an allergy or a bad sunburn can easily remind you that you’re not safe from a little weakness health-wise. To get the most out of your new expatriate life, it’s better to understand the Portuguese...
