by 36510 » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:11 am
I don´t know what the situation is like for Brits. For me as a German pensioner with German complusory health insurace I was given the choice of either giving up my German health insurance and becoming a member of the Cypriot public healthcare system or not doing that, going to whichever doctor/ hospital and submitting their bill to my German health insurance which would refund as much as the treatment had cost the insurance in Germany.
So far, I´ve used Cypriot healthcare only once, when I had a lumbago. I went to a public hospital, was seen by a doctor within 90 min (had no appointment) and given a script for physiotherapy, massages and heat applications. I didn´t go to a public hospital to have those prescriptions filled though as the location wasn´t close to where I live. So I was given an (reasonable - € 25 per 45 - 60 min session) invoice which I still have to submit. I guess I´ll get it all refunded as I doubt it would have been cheaper in Germany. Most of all though it worked well. So my limited experience with public healthcare in Cyprus has been okay.