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Health benefits and care support in Greece

Benefits covering medical care, hospital treatment and health expenses through EOPYY and other bodies.

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  • Paid blood-donation leave for public-sector employees (up to 12 days a year)

    Permanent public servants and public-sector staff on open-ended or fixed-term private-law contracts who donate blood or platelets get 2 days of paid leave per donation, on top of the donation day, up to 12 days a year.

    Body: mitos.gov.gr — Εθνικό Μητρώο Διοικητικών Διαδικασιών (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών)

  • Paid blood-donation leave for private-sector employees

    Private-sector employees who donate blood or platelets get special fully paid leave for the day of the donation, up to twice a year.

    Body: Εθνικό Τυπογραφείο — ν. 4554/2018 (ΦΕΚ Α' 130/18.07.2018)

  • EOPYY Diabetic Consumable Medical Supplies

    Insured persons with diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2); insulin pump through a certified diabetes centre

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Home Respiratory Devices and Oxygen Therapy

    Insured persons who need breathing support (CPAP/BiPAP/ventilator), who have chronic respiratory failure requiring oxygen therapy, or who have sleep apnoea syndrome

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Travel Expense Reimbursement for Thalassaemia and Other Haemoglobinopathy Patients

    You are insured with EOPYY · You have thalassaemia (Mediterranean anaemia), sickle-cell disease or another haemoglobinopathy and have transfusions/phlebotomies.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — ΕΚΠΥ (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 2106/2025), άρθρο 47 Β

  • EOPYY Kidney-Disease Patient Travel Expense Reimbursement

    You are insured with EOPYY · You are on haemodialysis (kidney patient).

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — ΕΚΠΥ (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 2106/2025), άρθρο 47 Β

  • EOPYY Patient Transport / Ambulance Expense Reimbursement

    Insured people who travel outside their prefecture of residence (or within the prefecture over 100 km, or off the island over 15 nautical miles) for medical treatment not available locally, per journey

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Wig (Artificial Hair) Reimbursement

    Reimbursement from EOPYY for buying a wig (artificial hair), with an online application and no visit to an EOPYY office.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ

  • EOPYY Private-Duty Nurse in Public Hospitals

    Insured people in a serious general condition who are in a state hospital and need special care at night

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Health-insurance cover for dependent family members (spouse and children) — e-EFKA

    A person directly insured with e-EFKA can give EOPYY health cover to their spouse and children who have no insurance of their own. Registration is online with Taxisnet credentials and AMKA.

    Body: gov.gr — e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Free Mammography and Pap Test for Women — 'Greece Against Cancer' (Region of Peloponnese & Hellenic Oncology Foundation)

    Free Pap test (women 25–70) and digital mammography (women 40+) in a mobile unit that tours the Peloponnese one municipality at a time, with no income, insurance or tax criteria. Book by phone with the Public Health Directorate when the unit comes to your municipality.

    Body: Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου — Γενική Διεύθυνση Δημόσιας Υγείας & Κοινωνικής Μέριμνας

  • Free Hospital Care Uninsured

    Free hospital care for uninsured citizens

    Body: Υπουργείο Υγείας

  • National Prevention Programme "Prolamvano"

    People with an AMKA (social security number), insured or uninsured, by age group and type of test (e.g. mammogram 45-74, Pap/HPV test 21-65, colonoscopy 50-69, cardiovascular check 30-70)

  • EOPYY Special Education Therapies for Children/Teens and Adults with Disability

    Children, teenagers and people with disabilities who have reached adulthood but still need Special Education, with chronic motor/intellectual/mental disorders, developmental disorders, autism, neurodevelopmental disorders, etc.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Form S1: Healthcare in the EU Country Where You Live

    If you are insured or a pensioner in one EU/EEA country, Switzerland or the United Kingdom and live in another, form S1 gives you healthcare in the country where you live.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ — Φορητό έγγραφο S1

  • EOPYY: Dressings and Wound-Healing Products for Pressure Ulcers, Ulcers and Wounds

    EOPYY reimburses therapeutic dressings and wound-healing products for pressure ulcers, burns, leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers and open wounds, with a doctor's opinion.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — Ενιαίος Κανονισμός Παροχών Υγείας (ΕΚΠΥ 2025), άρθρο 44

  • EOPYY Climate/Air Therapy Allowance

    An annual air-therapy allowance of €200 for the period 1/6-31/8, for people insured with EOPYY who have a chronic lung condition with a certified disability of 67% or more, end-stage chronic kidney failure on haemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, or a kidney, liver, lung or heart transplant.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • e-EFKA Sickness Benefit

    Daily sickness compensation for employees from day 4, with an online application within 8 months of the medical opinion.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ — Επίδομα Ασθένειας Μισθωτών

  • Accident cash benefit (occupational and non-occupational)

    Employees insured with e-EFKA (formerly IKA-ETAM, formerly TAXY) are covered for work accidents AND non-work accidents. Self-employed people (formerly OAEE) are covered ONLY for work accidents, for up to 4 months (120 days), with no minimum insurance period.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Subsidy for Hearing Aids and Eyeglasses

    Insured people with diagnosed hearing loss (usually 50-80dB), children/teenagers, people with a disability rating of ≥67%, adults with specific ENT indications; for glasses: insured people in general

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Occupational Therapy Coverage (adults)

    EOPYY-insured people with a recent stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve damage of the upper limbs, amputation with a prosthesis, or multiple sclerosis; also children/adolescents on referral by a paediatrician/child psychiatrist

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)

    People insured in the public health system (e-EFKA) who travel temporarily to another EU/EEA country or Switzerland

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY One-Off Childbirth Allowance (birth outside a public maternity hospital)

    Women insured with EOPYY (or protected dependants) who give birth outside a public maternity hospital — in a private clinic, contracted or not, or at home — receive a one-off payment instead of maternity care.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • One-off financial aid for police staff from the TAPASA Special Account (Law 826/1978)

    One-off aid for serving police officers and civilian staff of the Hellenic Police who are members of the Special Account, for serious or hard-to-treat illness, illness in the line of duty, assisted reproduction, natural disaster or death. Apply through POL, by post or at the fund.

    Body: ΤΑ.Π.Α.Σ.Α. — Τομέας Πρόνοιας Αστυνομικών, Ειδικός Λογαριασμός ν.826/78

  • EOPYY Medically Assisted Reproduction / IVF Coverage

    Women insured with EOPYY directly or as dependants, up to age 50 (from 50 to 54 only with a permit from the National Authority for Medically Assisted Reproduction)

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Rehabilitation Medical Devices (Orthotics, Prosthetics, Wheelchairs, Walking Aids)

    EOPYY insured persons who need orthotic devices, artificial upper/lower limbs, splints, braces, ocular prostheses and other rehabilitation medical devices listed in EOPYY's Register of Reimbursable Products

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Cover for Bone-Marrow Donor Search and Transport of the Graft from Abroad

    EOPYY covers the costs of finding a bone-marrow donor and transporting the graft from abroad to Greece for insured people who need a transplant. No consular authentication and no Health Committee examination are needed.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — Ενιαίος Κανονισμός Παροχών Υγείας

  • EOPYY Psychotherapy Coverage

    EOPYY insured persons with a psychiatrist's medical report who are not attending another mental health service programme at the same time

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Social Pharmacy

    Free medicines, medical supplies and parapharmaceutical products from municipal social pharmacies

    Body: ΕΣΠΑ — Οδηγός λειτουργίας Δομών Παροχής Βασικών Αγαθών και Κοινωνικών Φαρμακείων

  • EOPYY Speech Therapy Coverage (mainly adults)

    Insured persons with recent speech/swallowing disorders due to stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery, Guillain-Barré, Parkinson's, tracheostomy/laryngectomy, cochlear implant, etc.

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Zero Copay Medicines

    Zero co-payment for medicines only for the categories of beneficiaries and conditions set by the legislation in force.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — Μηδενική συμμετοχή στην αγορά φαρμάκων

  • Hospital Treatment Abroad Approved by EOPYY — Planned or Emergency (Form S2 for EU/EEA/Switzerland)

    EOPYY covers, with approval, hospital treatment in an EU or non-EU country when a serious illness cannot be treated (in time) in Greece, in an urgent departure, in a sudden illness during a temporary stay abroad, or for a transplant. Tickets, a necessary companion, accommodation (up to €50/day) and meals (up to €30/day) can also be covered.

    Body: ΕΟΠΥΥ — Ενιαίος Κανονισμός Παροχών Υγείας (ΕΚΠΥ), άρθρα 29-32

  • EOPYY Dental Care (Children and Adults)

    All people insured with EOPYY — children aged 14 or under (fuller cover: sealants, fluoride treatment, crowns), teenagers up to 18 and adults (basic preventive/treatment cover), everyone who has lost all or some of their teeth (prosthetics), people with diabetes (periodontal care), people with severe disabilities in public facilities

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Stoma Materials, Catheters and Incontinence Supplies

    Insured people with a colostomy, ileostomy, ureterostomy, nephrostomy, thoracostomy or fistulas; patients with urinary incontinence, urethral strictures, inability to empty the bladder, neurogenic bowel or a tracheostomy

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • EOPYY Preventive Health Screening and Prenatal Tests (no co-pay)

    All EOPYY insured persons within the age/sex groups set for each test — mammography (women 40-50+), Pap/HPV test, PSA (men 50-80), cholesterol, blood sugar, colonoscopy/FOBT, vaccinations, prenatal screening for pregnant women

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Temporary Insurance and Healthcare Number for Foreigners (PAAYPA)

    Applicants for international protection (asylum) in Greece, from the moment the application is lodged

    Body: Υπ. Μετανάστευσης

  • EOPYY Special Therapeutic Nutrition Products

    Insured people with coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome, cystic fibrosis, inborn metabolic diseases, cow's milk allergy (infants/children), premature/low-birth-weight newborns, minors with a transplant or kidney/liver failure

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

  • Dementia Counselling Station, Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi

    Free cognitive assessment, non-drug therapy groups for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, prevention groups for healthy older people, and counselling/training for carers, from the Municipality of Rafina–Pikermi.

    Body: Δήμος Ραφήνας–Πικερμίου (Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Μέριμνας και Δημόσιας Υγείας)

  • EOPYY Physiotherapy Coverage

    People directly and indirectly insured with e-EFKA/EOPYY (formerly IKA/OAEE/OGA etc.) with a medical indication for physiotherapy

    Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ

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