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1.7 Social Security and Health Care
Questions concerning social security issues should be directed primarily to Kela. The Office for International Affairs provides service on coverage and benefit issues, tel. 020 634 0200 and e-mail: inter.helsinki@kela.fi.
Health care services in Finland are provided by both the public and the private sectors.
Health care arrangements for the members of missions and their family members depend on whether they are resident in Finland, or whether the persons are entitled to the public health care services based on either EU regulations or on a bilateral health care/social security agreement. Persons who are permanently resident in a municipality in Finland are, as a rule, entitled to use the public health care services.
Persons covered by the Finnish sickness insurance or persons entitled to health care benefits under EU regulations and bilateral health care/social security agreements are entitled to a partial reimbursement of the fees charged by private health care (including pharmacies).
All foreigners have the right in the Finnish public health care sector to urgent care, which is defined as care for medical conditions arising unexpectedly in the country of stay and demanding immediate medical assistance. If the patient is not entitled to the public health care based on either EU regulations or bilateral agreements, he/ she is charged a fee that covers the full cost of the service.
Please note also section 1.13.5 (European Health Insurance Card).
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