I want to go abroad for medical treatment

In a country outside the EU, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland you have to pay the cost of treatment yourself.

Would you like to be treated in one of the EU Member States, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland or Switzerland? Then you may be eligible for reimbursement of the costs. You'll have to ask for permission first. Follow the steps below.

 

You request permission from the health insurance fund where you are registered in your country of residence. That health insurance fund will forward your application to us and we will decide on your application. We will let you know by letter whether or not you get permission. 

• If you do not get permission, you will have to pay the cost of the treatment yourself.
• If you do get permission, the Netherlands will pay the costs of your treatment.

If you have permission for the treatment you will receive from us a document S2. You can show this document to the doctor or hospital abroad. They will know that they can calculate the costs of your treatment with the Netherlands. They will treat you as if you were legally insured there.

We only consent if the following 3 conditions are met: 

1. The treatment is in the legal care package of your country of residence. 
2. You can't get the treatment in your country of residence on time.
3. The treatment is in the legal care package of the country to which you are going for treatment. 

We pay the costs through a health insurance fund in the country where you receive the treatment. Therefore, the treatment must be part of the legal care package in the country to which you are going. We will check this before we give you permission for the treatment.

Do you want to go to a private clinic or a professor? Then you must bear in mind that you do not get permission. Therefore, do not be treated until you are sure that you have permission. If you have not received permission, you will have to pay all the costs yourself.