Healthcare in Italy
Ranked second on the World Health Organisation’s list of top countries for quality healthcare services, Italy’s national health plan, available to all its citizens, provides for hospital and medical benefits that covers everything from in-patient treatments and surgeries to family doctor visits and specialist treatments. If you are employed in Italy, your employer is obliged to pay for your health insurance.
Expatriates who are legally resident in Italy can apply to join the plan. However, most expatriates prefer the alternative of private health insurance to cover the costs associated with private hospitals and specialists so that they don’t have to deal with overcrowded and under funded public hospitals.
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