Affordable preexisting healthcare

Member since 30 April 2025

jatskins27New member30 April 2025 19:55:48

Hello everyone, I would like to know if I could get affordable healthcare for myself as I have pre-existing conditions with COPD and emphysema and I want to move to Greece at the end of October or November with my son. my question is, can I find healthcare in Greece as I am Greek descent and I will become a resident and a citizen eventually however long it takes but I need to find a healthcare company from Greece and not a global company that will be too expensive for me to survive on. I will be coming to Greece on my Social Security disability and if I could find affordable healthcare, I鈥檓 pretty sure I could live comfortably in my little town in the northern part of Greece. I just wanna make sure I can be able to see a specialist doctor for my lungs and if I should ever need to have a CT scan, I鈥檇 like to be able to go to the hospital and not worry about the cost. If anybody could tell me anything positive I would greatly appreciate it. I know it would be much healthier for me to live in Greece and be near my nephews nieces and cousins. I also want my son to be very close with his family members as we have. Nobody left here in the United States as everyone has passed away basically I鈥檓 looking for a doctor that specializes in lungs and if I need prescriptions, he can write out prescriptions for me like inhalers things that will help me breathe a little better.I know the life is much healthier in Greece for me to live a longer life.I hope I鈥檓 not asking for too much.

JimJ ViP

Member since 07 December 2015

JimJViP03 May 2025 10:19:42

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I know that you've posted the same question in at least one FB group - are you unhappy with the responses you've received there? 馃檪

sibleys Member

Member since 01 July 2024

sibleysMemberToday 12:36:16

@jatskins27

Hello! I am an Insurance & Investment Advisor for Groupama. As with all insurance companies in Greece, certain pre existing conditions may be covered while others are not. COPD and emphysema, unfortunately, fall under the case where coverage is not offered. You may be eligible for coverage, but your pre existing conditions as well as side effects of them, will not be covered.

The majority of my expat clients say that medical care in Greece, is much cheaper that it is in the States. A visit to a lung doctor will cost you anywhere between 鈧�50-鈧�150, and a CT scan can cost you anywhere between 鈧�40-鈧�95.

Inhalers cost around 鈧�20.

Cost of hospitalization in a private hospital can be on the expensive side鈥�.but also as a foreigner who does not have a greek social security number, you will also have to pay if hospitalized in a public hospital. Cost, of course, will be cheaper, but you will still have to pay.

I hope this helps!