Health insurance

There are many options:

You can keep the health insurance of your country if it covers the Austrian medical fees. In this case, you will be reimbursed, this means that your budget will be fairly flexible.

The best option is to register with the Austrian medical insurance plan (Krankenversicherung). For students from the USA, this insurance is offered at 244,80 ATS (US $14.70) per month including dental and optician fees. If there is a bilateral agreement between your country and Austria, you can pay 489,60 ATS (US $29.40) per month. The health care is free with the exception of administrative fees of 50 ATS (US $3) per quarter, these fees prove that you are registered with the medical plan which will be taken care of by the social security - and is to be presented at your first medical visit. Prescriptions are 45 ATS (US $2.70). It is wise to contact your university in Austria and inform them that you would like to benefit from the Austrian health insurance plan so that they can send you the necessary registration documents.

For EU citizens, your national health insurance plan can be used in Austria, all you need is the E-128 form that you can get in your country.

Once you are covered by one of these insurance plans, you can choose whichever practitioner, general or specialist or you can go to the hospital (there are also health care centres in the universities).