On August 24th a new Presidental Decree was posted that concerns all foreigners residing in Uruguay. The official Decree is posted on the Presidential Departments web-page, in Spanish, as a PDF, found at the
following link: http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2009/08/EC1320%20.pdf
Although there aren’t too many changes to the process, it is exciting to see that the “carnet de salud” which entitles ones with a low enough income to free health care in public hospitals, is now available to both legal residents and non-resident foreigners. If a foreigner has sufficient means, they wil be enrolled in the “mutualista” program just as Uruguayan foreign nationals.
While many foreigners have been taking advantage of this system for a long time, it is good to see it finally written down on paper, official.
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…Interesting. Do you perhaps know what the “low enough income” figure is?
Thank you
Hey! Love the blog. I’ve been reading the RSS since June or so. Please post more! Can you do more on health care. I’m particularly concerned with the cost and availability of prescription medication. Keep up the good work!