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by deng
3361 days ago
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OK, first off: you definitely need some German speaking friend to deal with German bureaucracy. So ask around who can help you with going to the "Behörden" to deal with the problems of your friend. If the sickness of your friend is an emergency, your doctors should accept the European card EHIC (if she does not have one, she should be able to get it from her Italian insurance). But this of course is not a permanent solution, so yes, your friend needs a German insurance. If this is not an emergency but also not resolved quickly, then she should really think about returning to Italy for treatment, as the costs can escalate pretty quickly; not only doctors but especially pharmaceutical drugs can be very expensive in Germany. If your friend wants to live in Germany, then yes: she needs to go to the "Einwohnermeldeamt" an register there. I know that this does feel weird for people who are not used to this, but it's usually a pretty easy process and done quickly. The only thing you need for this is a permanent residence in Germany, so some kind written of rental agreement ("Mietvertrag") is necessary.
As for private/public insurance: avoid the private ones if possible. However, if she was privately insured in Italy, she definitely cannot enter the public one in Germany, so private is the only option then.
If she has Italian public insurance: To enter German public insurance, you do not need to have a job, but you need to actively search for one. So she will have to go to the "Arbeitsagentur" and register there as searching for a job. She'll definitely need some German speaking fellow to help her with this, otherwise it will take far longer.
I think it is also possible to remain in Italian public insurance and "enhance" the EHIC support so that it covers Germany, so you should investigate in that direction as well.
Good luck and I hope your friend will get better soon. |
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