My wife and I are both on medication. Do you get free prescriptions in Spain if you are 60+ ? Any info welcome thanks.

We're not over 60 so I don't know whether they are free for the over 60's but you first need to sign with the equivalent of an NHS Doctor. You can check that when you sign. Prescription medicines are very cheap though. Prior to signing with a Doctor my husband's blood pressure tablets cost almost 20 Euros a month. Now he gets two months for a little over 3 Euros. It has to be worth it.

Good luck.

Yes. providing one of you is claiming UK pension in the UK. It only needs for one of you to be over the pension age as well, and BOTH will get free treatment and prescriptions. My wife was on pension in the UK, I had taken early retirement, and wasn't even 60 when we moved out here, I was registered as getting free prescriptions and treatment by virtue of my wife being a pensioner. You need to get a form from the Department of Pensions in the Uk showing entitlement, and then, once registered with the 'Social Services, not really sure just what it is as this was done by our after sales and lawyers.' here in Spain, we went to the local health centre, and were registered and given an SIP number, a temp card, and later a plastic, credit card type. My wife is on medication for thyroid problems and arthritis, and all prescriptions are free.

Great, thanks for that. Much appreciated.

wait please someone over 60+ women in france gets ONLY 35% paid by uk the rest has to come out of her pocket........ full uk state pension also.


UK dont pay much!! i got a bill for over 200€ when i twisted my anckle on an E111

Uk are mean buggers very and retired are sitting ducks ..... 35% is the least they can get away with without refusing to pay anything!!

100% only if you move to spain with a known previous sickness, or you wont get all, and certainly wont for ANY illness after you arrive there.

E106 not E121 !!

Well we should be covered then!

You should contact the DH to check it all seems complicated.
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The E111 was replaced at the beginning of the year.
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An E106 only covers you if you are working in another country, but you must pay into the U.K. system.
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Your information about E106 is incorrect.

E106 gives full health cover in Spain. You do not have to be working in Spain.

It lasts for up to 2 years and is only issued if you have recently been working in the UK and paying DSS contributions. You do not have to continue paying UK contributions but you may choose to pay Class 3 contributions which will increase your eventual UK pension.

The assumption is that within 2 years you should be working and paying into the Spanish system and then will be covered anyway.

A lot of early retirees use E106 for a couple of years before they qualify for E121 when they reach pension age. If there is a gap between the two, private health cover is the only option.

odd i had an E121 issued my mother had the E106 and she was very retired.

But the amount of benefits you get??? determined by UK? 35% -100%

Sadly the price of private cover for anyone getting close to, and god forbid over, 60 is astronomic.

Not neccessarily. We took out insurance when we were 58/64 and pay about 1200 euros a year. There is no increase in premium (apart from inflation) however old we get to.

That is with Prevision Medica in Malaga province.

Fred

yes sorry

was in 'french price mode then' where everything is getting so expensive ......

think the health for me was 800 and mum 1600 and something..... very very basic cover too!!! needless to say not taken out thank you very much!! only going into hospital you'd benefit at those prices and they dont cover you for anything you already have or they think they can get out of. inclu any dental or eyes in first year etc etc ........ so why bother?

ruddy insurance all the same world over.

as i butted in on Spain, perhaps someone could help here:

toady phone call from a lady i know, she only just got to sort out her WISE benefits sent over!

Newcastle asked her husband who remains resident in WISE to write a letter saying yes his dependants (wife 2 kids) can claim from his NI. Newcastle issued him an E106 in WISE.

He sent the form to her arrived today. In his name! and E106 that states clearly dependants living with you. Hes not resident. Newcastle say it cover him in france and england..... but we all know thats a porkie, as an E111 covers him in france. If the lady processes the form his NI will become french and he wont be covered still working in WISE.

Should she have been issued a E109? anyone help?


ps yes being pedantic = WISE= wales,ireland, scotland, england. I dont do GB, and UK means what? bermuda too??

You only get free prescriptions if you are a pensioner or hold a e121 which you can only get from U.K if you are registerd disabled and are already receiving Ivalidy Benefit or similiar.
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So, if you offered to pay Class 3 contributions to the UK, could you then get an extension on an E106?

However if you are so registered, your husband/wife will ge the same benefits providing they have been included on the E121 form from the UK.