Health care

Pharmacies   There are plenty of pharmacies in the city that offer drugs on receipt or without. Prior to buying stronger medicine please visit the doctor, who will issue a receipt. Most of the pharmacists speak English, so just tell them what is wrong with you and they will help you the best they can.  

Health insurance

Before your arrival to Slovenia, the European health insurance card or other corresponding document enabling you to enforce the required medical services should be provided in your central country. With employment in Slovenia, your inclusion into the compulsory health insurance system will based upon contributions paid out of your wage.

Compulsory health insurance comprises of insurance against diseases and injuries outside work, and insurance against injuries at work and occupational diseases. It is provided by the Health Insurance Institution of Slovenia. The compulsory health insurance overlays the majority of health hazards, but not all and not in totality. In case of illness, wage compensation for illness is received during your absence from work. Medical record from your doctor needs to be submitted to the employer.

Voluntary health insurance is provided by insurance companies in order to acquire additional entitlements.You will have to decide yourself whether to take out voluntary health insurance, but it is advisable to insure yourself for the shortfall from the full value of health services which are not covered in full by the compulsory health insurance. The health insurance card is electronic personal document that needs to be presented at a doctor visit. The card is issued, free of charge, to every person upon the first regulation of the compulsory health insurance status. Validity of the card is updated by the card holders autonomously, through the self-service terminals, installed in hospitals or resembling institutions.

More information:

Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje RS (The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia): http://www.zzzs.si/

Zavarovalnica Triglav (Triglav Insurance Company): http://www2.zav-triglav.si/ang/

Vzajemna zdravstvena zavarovalnica (Vzajemna Health Insurance Company): http://www.vzajemna.si/?Site=5

Adriatic Slovenica zavarovalna družba (Adriatic Slovenica Insurance Company): http://www.adriatic.si/