It is run by a religious order, the Congregazione dei Figli dell’Immacolata Concezione and is very close to our Collegio. (This is because in the Dichiara for the Permesso di Soggiorno, the Rector is required to certify that the Collegio will take care of the Priests’ medical needs - which can be carried out only by requiring a Tessera Sanitaria or an alternative insurance from each one.)īased on their positive experience as to the quality of care, the Rector of another Collegio has recommended the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata (or IDI).

The document should be countersigned for acceptance by the person(s) indicated to accompany you, and who has access to the funds you indicated.For those who do not get a Tessera Sanitaria, you need to submit a document for the Collegio Rector to file, formally indicating, in case you need to see the doctor, who should accompany you, and where to get the money for eventual payments running in the thousands of Euros.Even assuming that one is admitted for free through the Emergency Room, popst-hospitalization care and medication will not be free (we had a student who spent only 30 Euros which was optional, to have his medical records mailed to him but for the following months he needed daily injections and medicines, one of which costs 90 Euros per tablet, taken daily – almost all were free because of the Tessera Sanitaria). Without the Tessera Sanitaria (or some other equivalent medical insurance), it will be extremely difficult to accompany you to the doctor, as he or the hospital will be asking for a Tessera Sanitaria or else charge you a huge amount.

On the other hand, dental and opthalmological services are not covered you’ll need an insurance costing some €500 a month for these.).

This insurance covers most illnesses, even preexisting ones, as well as maintenance medicines.

Visits to specialists, laboratory tests and operations could be free or may require some payment but at much lower fees than normal.

Some medicines are free, while others are obtained from any pharmacy with a huge discount. With the Tessera Sanitaria, visits to the medico di famiglia are free. An ID card is issued for those insured, called the “Tessera Sanitaria”. In Italy, the National Health Service has a standard insurance system, the “ Assicurazione Volontaria al Servizio Sanitario Nazionale”. Getting sick without an insurance is extremely costly.

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