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EU and EEA countries are liable to reimburse treatment provided in Finland. Other countries may reimburse treatment provided in Finland if it is provided in their national legislation. The treatment provider may charge you for treatment costs beforehand as an advance payment. The amount of this payment may not exceed the estimated treatment costs. […]

If you are residing in another Nordic country, you can present an identity card instead. If you come from the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland, prove your right to treatment with either the European Health Insurance Card issued during the EU membership of the United Kingdom or the Brexit transition period, the Citizens Rights […]

A client fee may be charged to patients in Finnish public health care under the client fee legislation. Instead of the actual fee provided for in the Act or Decree on Client Charges in Healthcare and Social Welfare, you can be charged the actual costs of the treatment in the following cases: You have […]

You can receive , if they have been incurred from trips related to medical care, pregnancy care or childbirth care provided in an EU or EEA country, the United Kingdom or Switzerland the cost of a one-way trip exceeds the deductible of EUR 25 you have paid all travel costs yourself. Kela will mainly […]

Receiving reimbursement usually requires that corresponding treatment would have been provided in Finland’s public health care. The reimbursed treatment must be included in the service choices of the Finnish health care system. The Council for Choices in Health Care, established under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, determines the service choices for health […]