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Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2023 8:48pm
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DarioMartin wrote on Fri Feb 3, 2023 7:05pm:
As far as I am aware, yes, once you gain permanent residency you become eligible to go on health system.
The retirement / S1 only comes into play for your first five years here - after that, as a permanent resident, you qualify for Spanish Health
Thank you Dario
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 11:20am
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Kay62 wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 11:22am:
Good Morning, a little bit of advice please. My husband and I are here renting for 3 months, to look at properties, and different areas, with a view to applying for a NLV. We have found the cost of living to be quite expensive and not much cheaper than the UK so far. Do you agree this is the case...
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Also could someone give me an idea of the monthly cost of private medical I am 60 and my husband 62 and he takes medication for high blood pressure.Many thanks
You are right....Supermarket fruit and veg is a lot more expensive than the UK. Always makes me laugh that produce grown here is dearer than in UK.... Asda in UK is £3 for 2 boxes of grapes..... Here is the same price for one...LOL. markets are best.....
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 12:36pm
Hi,
Try applying for an S1 form from Uk and register it in Spain. Medical is then free as its coveeed by NHS.
While doing that apply for a ehic card and take it to your spanish health centre. They should give you a temp SIP card so you can get your prescriptions.
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:05pm
Kay62 wrote on Thu Feb 2, 2023 11:22am:
Good Morning, a little bit of advice please. My husband and I are here renting for 3 months, to look at properties, and different areas, with a view to applying for a NLV. We have found the cost of living to be quite expensive and not much cheaper than the UK so far. Do you agree this is the case...
Read more...
...?
Also could someone give me an idea of the monthly cost of private medical I am 60 and my husband 62 and he takes medication for high blood pressure.Many thanks
Hi there,
My private medical ins is with ASSSA. It costs 1300 per year. This does not cover pre existing illness such as diabetes ect. We pay approx 40 euro for car tax per year, car insurance costs approx 450 per year fully comprehensive. Electric can be expensive and is one of the reasons we've had solar panels installed. The British shops are quiet expensive even Spanish ones that stock British products. So we don't use them.
We eat out occasionally but prefer cooking at home as we find getting vegetarian dishes can be tricky in most places. Spain takes getting used to food culture ect, as someone else mentioned the weather is one of the biggest reasons we came here, getting old is not fun, aches pains ect, and Irish weather does not help.
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:42pm
KeithStruggles wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 12:36pm:
Hi,
Try applying for an S1 form from Uk and register it in Spain. Medical is then free as its coveeed by NHS.
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While doing that apply for a ehic card and take it to your spanish health centre. They should give you a temp SIP card so you can get your prescriptions.
Thank you. We are not retirement age so we cannot get the S1 card yet
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Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:44pm
Michael 71 wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:05pm:
Hi there,
My private medical ins is with ASSSA. It costs 1300 per year. This does not cover pre existing illness such as diabetes ect. We pay approx 40 euro for car tax per year, car insurance costs approx 450 per year fully comprehensive. Electric can be expensive and is one of the reasons we've had solar...
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... panels installed. The British shops are quiet expensive even Spanish ones that stock British products. So we don't use them.
We eat out occasionally but prefer cooking at home as we find getting vegetarian dishes can be tricky in most places. Spain takes getting used to food culture ect, as someone else mentioned the weather is one of the biggest reasons we came here, getting old is not fun, aches pains ect, and Irish weather does not help.
Thank you very much Michael.
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:36pm
Kay62 wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:44pm:
Thank you very much Michael.
You are very welcome, just one more little piece of advice, our first year here was difficult trying to adjust my wife struggled to settle missing family " our familiar foods friends ect" it can be a a tough adjustment, don't be too hard on yourself, it is a life change, now we are very happy, best of luck with your plans.
Michael
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:57pm
Michael 71 wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:36pm:
You are very welcome, just one more little piece of advice, our first year here was difficult trying to adjust my wife struggled to settle missing family " our familiar foods friends ect" it can be a a tough adjustment, don't be too hard on yourself, it is a life change, now we are very hap...
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...py, best of luck with your plans.
Michael
Thank you Michael. We very much appreciate your advice 👍
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 3:14pm
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Michael 71 wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:36pm:
You are very welcome, just one more little piece of advice, our first year here was difficult trying to adjust my wife struggled to settle missing family " our familiar foods friends ect" it can be a a tough adjustment, don't be too hard on yourself, it is a life change, now we are very hap...
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...py, best of luck with your plans.
Michael
Yes being vegetarian is not easy in Spain..... we have been veggies for 50 years, so it makes us smile when people think it is a fad! So often we are handed the fish menu... and I try to explain that we are not pescatarians and fish has blood in it! LOL. The worst thing is vegetarian wines..... but it is easy now to get in Consum, and most of the places we eat allow us to take our own. As the say..." you get off the plane in Spain into the sunshine and back 30 years.... but we love it and would never return to the YUK.
Posted: Wed Feb 8, 2023 3:14pm
Kay62 wrote on Wed Feb 8, 2023 1:44pm:
Thank you very much Michael.
Thank you very much
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