You have moved to Madrid, and are thinking of getting access to Madrid’s public health care system. The first step is to obtain a social security number, with the goal to obtaining the card you see above: the Spanish Healthcare Insurance Card. 1. Fill the form You will have to fill the TA-1 form, which [...]
Before your relocation to Spain or moving to Madrid, if you are a EU Citizen, you should make sure you have this essential card: the European Health Insurance Card, or EHIC. You can see mine on the left of this post, and although this one is Spanish, all EU EHIC are basically the same. What [...]
You just moved to Madrid, or will be relocating soon to Spain, and have a Spanish job. You are then entitled to the same health care and insurance as all other Spaniards. One thing is missing though: you do not still have this precious official card which gives you access to the entire Madrid [...]
Before moving to Madrid, you should make sure you will have access to healthcare and health insurance right after your relocation to Spain. I will get to the point and not only present the healthcare system in Madrid, but above all, give you step by step what you need to do to obtain access to [...]