Italian health insurance card
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The Italian health insurance card is a personal card which has replaced the Italian fiscal code card
for all citizens entitled to benefits of the Italian National Health Service and fitted with tax code. Its rear side acts as European health insurance card
. The Italian health insurance card was issued for Italian citizens by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in cooperation with the Italian Agency of Revenue in accordance with Article 50 of dl 269/2003, converted, with amendments, by law 326/2003. The objective of the Italian health insurance card, is to improve the social security services through expenditure control and performance, and to optimize the use health services to citizens.
The material consists of a plastic card with identical size and consistency to a typical ATM card. The Italian health insurance cards are printed on the front with the tax code, expiration date and biographical data. The front of the card also includes Braille characters for the blind. On the back of the card is the tax code barcodes, the magnetic strip, and the words, Tessera europea di assicurazione malattia, meaning "European health insurance card".
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For information on the Italian health card, or Tessera sanitaria in Italian, you can call us, from within Italy
, toll free: 800 030 070
region of Italy
. The people of the region of Lombardy may be in possession of a document, called the (CRS-SISS), which has, in addition to a magnetic stripe, a smart chip to facilitate making payments in the form of a cash card (subject to an individual's request for activation). The CRS-SISS differs aesthetically from the national health insurance cards in regards to colors (shades of yellow / orange), it utilizes different graphics, different arrangement of text, and the absence of the three characters in Braille to 6 points for the blind. Through special card reader, you can use the CRS-SISS to access online services provided by government. The CRS-SISS replaces the full health insurance card.
Italian fiscal code card
The Italian fiscal code card, officially known as Italy's Codice Fiscale, is the tax code card in Italy; similar to a Social Security Number card in the United States. The tax code in Italy is an alphanumeric code of 16 characters...
for all citizens entitled to benefits of the Italian National Health Service and fitted with tax code. Its rear side acts as European health insurance card
European Health Insurance Card
The European Health Insurance Card is issued free of charge and allows anyone who is insured by or covered by a statutory social security scheme of the EEA countries and Switzerland to receive medical treatment in another member state for free or at a reduced cost, if that treatment becomes...
. The Italian health insurance card was issued for Italian citizens by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in cooperation with the Italian Agency of Revenue in accordance with Article 50 of dl 269/2003, converted, with amendments, by law 326/2003. The objective of the Italian health insurance card, is to improve the social security services through expenditure control and performance, and to optimize the use health services to citizens.
Features
- It contains biographical data and welfare information
- It contains the tax code on magnetic band format as well as barcode
- It is valid throughout ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- It grants the holder the right to obtain health services throughout the European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
- Replaces the paper version, E111
- It is valid for 6 years
The material consists of a plastic card with identical size and consistency to a typical ATM card. The Italian health insurance cards are printed on the front with the tax code, expiration date and biographical data. The front of the card also includes Braille characters for the blind. On the back of the card is the tax code barcodes, the magnetic strip, and the words, Tessera europea di assicurazione malattia, meaning "European health insurance card".
Pharmaceutical expenses
From January 1, 2008 legislation came into force imposing an obligation to issue the "scontrino fiscale parlante" for the certification of medicines to be used for deducting expenses. The receipt shows the amount and type of drugs purchased, in addition to the tax code reviews. To purchase medicine, it is necessary to supply your health insurance card or your Italian fiscal code cardItalian fiscal code card
The Italian fiscal code card, officially known as Italy's Codice Fiscale, is the tax code card in Italy; similar to a Social Security Number card in the United States. The tax code in Italy is an alphanumeric code of 16 characters...
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For information on the Italian health card, or Tessera sanitaria in Italian, you can call us, from within Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, toll free: 800 030 070
Exceptions
The CRS-SISS is found in the LombardyLombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
region of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The people of the region of Lombardy may be in possession of a document, called the (CRS-SISS), which has, in addition to a magnetic stripe, a smart chip to facilitate making payments in the form of a cash card (subject to an individual's request for activation). The CRS-SISS differs aesthetically from the national health insurance cards in regards to colors (shades of yellow / orange), it utilizes different graphics, different arrangement of text, and the absence of the three characters in Braille to 6 points for the blind. Through special card reader, you can use the CRS-SISS to access online services provided by government. The CRS-SISS replaces the full health insurance card.