Your right to health and medical care
Adults rights to health and medical care
You have the right to a free medical examination. The nursing staff will take laboratory tests and answer any questions you may have. You are entitled to emergency or urgent medical and dental care. Your local county council decides on what kind of care that includes.
You are also entitled to gynaecological and prenatal care, as well as care in accordance with the Swedish Communicable Diseases Act. Remember to show your asylum receipt or LMA card whenever you see a doctor or dentist, and whenever you pick up a prescription drug.
Children´s right to health and medical care
Child and teenage asylum seekers under 18 are en-titled to the same health care as all others who live in Sweden. For further information, get in touch with your district health center.
Fees for health and dental care
If you show your LMA card, you pay 50 kronor to see a doctor at the district health centre or to receive medical care after obtaining a referral. Other medical care, such as with a nurse or physical therapist, costs 25 kronor per visit. You pay 40 kronor for a medical transportation. The fee for emergency care at a hospital varies from county to county.
You can receive compensation for any amount over 50 kronor. Take your receipt to the Migration Board and submit an application for a special allowance as soon as possible after receiving emergency care. To obtain emergency dental care, go to the National Dental Service or another dentist to which the county council has referred you. The fee for adults is 50 kronor. If you see a private physician or dentist to whom you have not been referred by the county council, you must pay the entire fee yourself. The fee for children who seek medical care varies among county counties.
Medication
You can buy any medication you need at the nearest pharmacy. If you show your LMA card, you pay no more than 50 kronor for prescription drugs. That applies to children as well. Make sure to save both the cash register receipt and the prescription receipt with your name on it.
The 400 kronor rule
If you have paid more than 400 kronor for doctor´s appointments, medical transportation and prescription drugs within six months, you can apply for a special allowance. The Migration Board can compensate you for costs over 400 kronor. In order to get money back, you should show receipts that can attest your costs from doctor´s appointments, medical transportation and prescription drugs. Once you have paid over 400 kronor within six months, you should give your receipts to the Migration Board reception unit. Then a new six-month period starts. The 400 kronor rule applies individually for adults and common for siblings under 18. Remember that this rule covers only care at the district health centre, medical transportation, prescription drugs and hospital care with a referral. Dental and emerg-ency hospital care are not covered.
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