What documents confirm my rights to free healthcare?
Documents confirming the right to health care benefits:
1. foreigner with the citizenship of a member state of the European Union and EFTA (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) or from the territory of the Swiss Confederation, not subject to mandatory health insurance on different grounds, if he or she has a place of residence on the territory of Poland;
2. foreigner - student and participant of PhD studies, studying in Poland, as well as a graduate during obligatory internship in Poland, without citizenship of a member state of the EU and EFTA;
3. foreigners - members of orders and alumni from higher clerical and theological seminaries, postulants, neophytes and junior monks and their equivalents - without citizenship of a member state of the European Union, EFTA or from the territory of the Swiss Confederation, staying within the territory of Poland on the basis of a visa, permit for stay of a long-term resident of the European Community, settlement permit or definite time residence permit, permission for tolerated stay or with a refugee status assigned in Poland or supplementary protection or using temporary protection on its territory;
4. foreigner undergoing adaptation internship;
5. foreigner taking Polish language course and preparatory courses for learning Polish, without citizenship of a member state of the European Union or EFTA;
should have:
- voluntary health insurance agreement,
- application form to ZUS ZZA,
- evidence of payment of monthly health insurance premiums
6. foreigner with the citizenship of member states of the European Union and EFTA (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) or from the territory of the Swiss Confederation, staying on the territory of Poland;
should have:
- European Health Insurance Card (certificate replacing EHIC) or
- certificate issued by the National Health Fund (in the event of residence within the Republic of Poland),
7. for persons with the Polish Card
- Polish Card
The lack of a document confirming the right to health care benefits cannot be the reason for refusal to grant benefit or for charging the patient with treatment costs in case of emergencies – this document can be presented at a different time:
- no later than within 30 days from the date of starting the benefit – if the patient is in hospital or
- within 7 days from the last date of health care service .
Failure to submit the document within the aforementioned time shall result in charging the patient with costs of the granted health care benefits.
