New Government planning a return of free health care

[Canarian Weekly]

SPAIN’S new government is working on a Bill of Law, or Royal Decree, which will again make free health care universal for everyone living in the country, irrespective of legal status, legal or otherwise. The previous, PP Government, back in 2012, stopped healthcare for anyone not legally resident, except for emergency treatment, as well as […]

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[Christianb]

Does this mean that unemployed resident expats from UK will not have to pay for private health insurance? Wouldn't that be great!

[Steve56]

Does this mean that unemployed resident expats from UK will not have to pay for private health insurance? Wouldn't that be great!

Perhaps for a few months until we leave the EU

"For non-EU citizens in Spain in this situation, their case was more complicated. And, depending upon their region, they had to rely on private health insurance".