(edit title) Visiting doctor in Sweden Need to visit a doctor in Stockholm 6546846879876 Options

[MrGreen789]

Hi all,

I currently live and work in Sweden, I pay taxes and so on ...

Need to visit a doctor. I know that I have to call into a Vårdcentral and book a termin - witch I did already.

My question is more weather this is free or will I have to pay? And where can I read more about this just to be informed?

Thank you all for the help and support.

Regards

[Yorkshireman]

Yes, expect to pay for the visit to the doctor, depending upon where you live, should be around 200:- for the Vårdcentralen visit. If you are prescribed medicine you will also have to pay for that, up to a maximum of around 2000:- per year, after which for the rest of the year it is free for medicine.

[Gamla Hälsingebock]

What do those numbers mean?

Is this a conspiratorial coded message to "Trow"?

Do you support his...?... well...you know what I mean!

I feel a comeback in the making!

[Kegzmc]

Where did you hear the figure of 2000kr?

I have paid well over that this year for inhalers etc and never was told it was capped at 2000

[Mo]

detailed here :-

http://www.vardguiden.se/Sjukdomar-och-rad...gkostnadsskydd/

in swedish, bing won't translate the page, but this year you do not pay anything over 2200 and you pay on a sliding scale once the cost is over 1100.

it mioght be a good idea to go and ask them to retrieve your prescription history as all apotek use the same national database.

[byke]

I am always shocked that children in Stockholm are charged for medicines.
It just seems wrong.

[skogsbo]

It does seem a little harsh on the kids, shouldn't their parents pay? Plus, only Stockholm kids?

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Oh the horror, you have to pay for your kids!?

On a side note: your children are included in the caps of 1100 for care and 2200 for medicine.

[byke]

I have to be honest and say it is a real culture shock to see both such high perscription costs and no exceptions for children. Especially when you compare them to the UK which has also much lower taxes. Especially as children in Sweden also are treated on the same caps as adults in terms of medical associated costs.

I suppose the upshot is young adults get to raid the tax payers wallet and recieve free dental treatment right up until they are 21?

[Bender B Rodriquez]

Especially as children in Sweden also are treated on the same caps as adults in terms of medical associated costs.

It sounds like you don't understood correctly what I just said. Children are included in you cap, i.e. you and your children do not need to pay more than 1100 or 2200 in total.

Also, children under 18 do not pay any fees to visit a doctor (except emergency care) in most municipalities, including Stockholm: http://www.vardguiden.se/Sa-funkar-det/Stod/Patientavgifter/

[Yorkshireman]

On the plus side, for your kids no matter how many you have it is only 1 limit. They add all kids costs, it's not per child, together. ie. 1 kid max until free card is 2200:-, 2+ kids total max for free card is still 2200:-

[Yorkshireman]

Especially when you compare them to the UK which has also much lower taxes.

And a MUCH LARGER tax paying population. Makes all the difference.

Yet You cannot get subsidised daycare (dagis) for kids in the UK, neither is parent leave payed for to the extent it is in Sweden etc... etc... Give it a rest @byke

Especially as children in Sweden also are treated on the same caps as adults in terms of medical associated costs.

No they are not. as I said earlier, it is 1 total for all children within a family. Not per child. So there is an exception.

[byke]

It sounds like you don't understood correctly what I just said. Children are included in you cap, i.e. you and your children do not need to pay more than 1100 or 2200 in total.

So lets get this straight,
Children "do not need to pay more than 1100 or 2200 in total." per anum
I am guessing the 1100 covers doctors fees and 2200 covers prescription fees?
Giving a maximum anual cost of 3300 per year.

Adults receive a similar cap?
So there is no difference between adult caps and child caps?

[Bender B Rodriquez]

I agree with byke that NHS has lower fees, but it is all a matter of priorities. Only 10% of your tax money goes to healthcare, the rest goes to other things like parental leave, kinder garden, etc, which in many cases are better priced than in the UK.

[Bender B Rodriquez]

So lets get this straight,Children "do not need to pay more than 1100 or 2200 in total." per anum I am guessing the 1100 covers doctors fees and 2200 covers prescrip ... (show full quote)

So lets get this straight,
Children "do not need to pay more than 1100 or 2200 in total." per anum
I am guessing the 1100 covers doctors fees and 2200 covers prescription fees?
Giving a maximum anual cost of 3300 per year.

Adults receive a similar cap?
So there is no difference between adult caps and child caps? ... (hide full quote)

You + your children do not need to pay more that 3300 per year in total.
It is your personal cap, and your children are included in that cap.
Children to not have personal caps since they are a part of your cap.