Have recently moved to italy and we are trying to apply for residency (we are British), which seems to take a long time and we keep getting told different things.
The british consultate has been no help and am 11 weeks pregnant. Have been told that in order to get residency and get on the public health system i need to pay for private health insurance for a year then i will be transferred to the italian public health. I think the problem is we are not paying taxes, my husband is a student and supports us with his grant though we cannot afford private health insurance.
does anyone know what is correct i thought we could use our EHIC cards to see a doctor, but apart from emergencies we are told we have to pay to see a doctor. I really want to start my maternity care as i havent yet seen anyone and am feeling quite low.
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soisolated · 27/02/2009 09:17
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