Ciao a tutti,
Sono uno studente italiano che studia alla LMU. Ho ricevuto questa lettera dall’assicurazione BARMER che mi chiedeva soldi ogni mese, nonostante avessi un’assicurazione nazionale europea. Quando mi sono iscritta all’università, mi sono fatta mandare la conferma che avevo davvero l’assicurazione nazionale nel mio paese, quindi non capisco perché me lo chiedono adesso. Qualcuno sa di cosa si tratta?
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di Legitimate-Peak-8483
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I’m pretty sure that you need German health insurance if you’re studying in Germany.
Do you live in Germany temporary for less than 6 months? Then you can use your national insurance. Otherwise you have to switch to German insurance. You are free to choose any statutory provider, you don’t have to go with Barmer. But they all cost the same (with a few euros difference).
What is an European national insurance? Do you mean that you have an Italian health insurance? Does it cover you completely while you are in Germany?
Edit: I just checked and according to what I read you can use ur Italian health insurance if you are only temporarily studying in German (meaning just a semester or two). If you however stay in Germany for a full degree, you will usually need to get German health insurance.
Normally a German health insurance checks your Italian coverage and issues a confirmation to the university. Since they send you a bill they most likely do not think that you are exempt. Could be because your coverage isn’t sufficient, you staying in Germany for too long or they just made a mistake. That’s just my opinion btw.
Remember using the EHIC (European health insurance card) is mainly intended for temporary stays (Erasmus, short term study, tourism, etc.), if you stay longer they usually want u to the get the German insurance. There are some exceptions though, but the insurer needs to believe that your health insurance meets the legal minimum requirements.
The good thing about Barmer (well, one of the good things) is that they have offices literally everywhere. You can just pack your backpack, walk up to them and show them everything in person and talk to them in person, no chat-bot or hotline required.
You require actual German health insurance for a student
Barmer sucks.
Source: has barmer.
You can keep your ehic insurance, if your “Lebensmittelpunkt” (center of one’s life) stays in Italy, so if you go home during semester breaks or if you parents finance your studies.
https://www.krankenkassen.de/incoming/student/ehic/
In that case, go to the Barmer office and argue for that.
I’m stepping in here to counter the sheer baffling number of stupid answers from ignorant people here.
**As an EU-citizen student, your health coverage from Italy is enough when you have your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).** You do not have to pay whatever they are demanding. Only when you begin a working student job or any non-“mini-job” employment is your EHIC no longer valid for your coverage in Germany.
So, send them a letter back with a copy of the confirmation of coverage letter you used to enroll with and tell them you are not required to pay this.