Hallo, ich bin italienisch und im Winter 2024-2025 besuchte ich vorübergehend Deutschland und hatte einen medizinischen Notfall. Ich wurde in die Intensivstation und dann in ein psychiatristisches Krankenhaus gebracht. Im psychiatrischen Krankenhaus versuchten sie, meine Krankenversicherungskarte abzuschließen und sie durchzusetzen, aber es funktionierte nicht. Sie sagten mir, ich müsse ein Bild an meine Versicherungsgesellschaft senden, aber jetzt kam dies per Post. Ich habe keine Möglichkeit, es zu bezahlen und möchte nicht in rechtlichen Schwierigkeiten. Was soll ich tun?
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Von No_Dress_3472
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What does your Italian health insurance say?
Call your insurance company.
My father went through something similar last year, in that, he came to germany had to go to the ER and they had problems proccessing his insurance card. What he did is that he tried to settle it with the insurance company in greece and got a signed document that he is indeed insured within the EU and sent it to the hospital in germany. He didn’t have to pay anything by the end, i’d suggest you either do the same or try and contact the hospital you were in.
You should run to the woods and hope they never find you.
You could also contact your insurance at the time and let them sort it out, but personally I prefer the woods solution.
The psych hospital doesn’t know how EU health insurance works. Of course your italian card doesn’t read. They should have given you a form to sign that you didn’t come to Germany for the treatment but it is an emergency. Then a german insurance would have paid for your treatment, instead they treated you as uninsured and sent an invoice.
IDK how Americans handle these kinds of bills. It’s so weird, and also a big deal, when a relatively smaller one happens here in the EU.
Italian here.
In Germany the health service is private with a compulsory insurance for German residents. As you know, in Italy the health service is public.
You were in good faith because you showed your health card to them, and it didn’t work for their problems, not yours.
I advice to go to the local health offices (ASL/AUSL), and check what they can do. AFAIK you are covered for most of this money, except a few simbolic euro (10€/day in hospital), but I don’t know whether you have to pay and then get reimbursement or what.
Don’t just ignore it. Debt collectors can work abroad in the EU.
Vai alla ASL, mostragli la lettera e digli che ti serve il modello, possibilmente in inglese, che certifica che sei all’interno del SSN e quindi soggetto a copertura sanitaria europea. Prendi questo documento ed invialo a chi ti ha chiesto di pagare, e ricordagli che in quanto cittadino europeo sei coperto da assicurazione italiana e quindi non devi sborsare nulla. Probabilmente non lo sanno
Dont pay. Wait for court order for payment then contrdict.
Ignore they can’t sue in italy