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Sickness benefits and health support in Greece
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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
State Compensation for Victims of Intentional Violent Crime (Hellenic Compensation Authority, Law 3811/2009)
Victims of intentional crimes committed in Greece can ask the state for compensation. The application, on a special form, is filed with the Hellenic Compensation Authority of the Ministry of Justice with a EUR 50 fee.
Body: Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης — Ελληνική Αρχή Αποζημίωσης
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
Municipal Emergency Financial Aid for Low-Income Residents (year-round or at holidays)
The municipality gives a one-off cash grant or food vouchers to low-income residents facing an emergency or serious need, such as a health problem or being unable to cover basic needs. In most municipalities you can apply whenever you need it, all year; in some, the distribution happens before the holidays. The municipality decides case by case, after a social-work assessment.
Body: Διαύγεια — Δήμος Σιθωνίας, απόφαση Δημοτικού Συμβουλίου 118/2026 (παραθέτει το άρθρο 525 παρ. 3 ν. 5314/2026)· αποφάσεις και ιστότοποι των υπόλοιπων δήμων
Nutritional Allowance for Kidney Disease and Transplant Patients
People with kidney disease on haemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, kidney, lung, bone marrow, heart or liver transplant recipients
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
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
Income Support for Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Patients and the Cured
A very small, ageing population; patients with Hansen's disease and people cured of it
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
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
One-off Financial Aid for Hellenic Police Personnel from the Special Aid Account (death, serious illness, incapacity, natural disaster)
One-off financial aid for police personnel (serving, or up to 10 years after retirement) and their families, in case of death, incapacity, serious illness, natural disaster or the death of a spouse or child. The application is filed with the Foundation with the supporting documents.
Body: Ίδρυμα «Μέριμνας και Αριστείας Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας» (Ν.Π.Δ.Δ.)
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
Home teaching for pupils unable to attend school for health reasons
Free home teaching by a state-school teacher for kindergarten, primary and secondary pupils whose serious short-term or chronic health problem keeps them from going to school. Approved by the Directorate of Education on the basis of a recent medical opinion from a public body.
Body: Υπουργείο Παιδείας — Ερωτήσεις-Απαντήσεις για την Ειδική Αγωγή (ερώτηση 17)
«Antonis & Stella Kyrkou» social programme: cash aid for vulnerable residents of the Municipality of Elassona
Cash aid of up to €2,000 for permanent residents of the Municipality of Elassona in vulnerable groups (homeless people, people with disabilities, people with serious or mental illness, people in extreme poverty, the long-term unemployed). It covers food, housing, transport, energy, health care and hygiene needs; applications all year at the Town Hall.
Body: Δήμος Ελασσόνας — πρόγραμμα κοινωνικής προστασίας «Αντώνης & Στέλλα Κύρκου»
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
Financial Support for Hemolytic Anemia, Hemophilia and AIDS Patients
People with congenital haemolytic anaemia (thalassaemia/sickle cell), haemophilia, or AIDS
Body: ΟΠΕΚΑ
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)
Disability Pension — Common Illness (4,500 days)
At least 50% disability (KEPA-certified) with at least 4,500 insurance days (15 years), with no restriction on when they were completed.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
Disability Pension with Recent Insurance (1,500 days)
An alternative to the 15-year path: 1,500 days (5 years) in total are enough, provided at least 600 of them (2 years) fall within the 5 years before the disability began. Under 21, 300 days are enough, and from 21 to 31, 300 days + 120 for each year over 21.
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑ
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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EOPYY Spa/Balneotherapy Reimbursement
EOPYY-insured people with a medical indication for balneotherapy at state-recognised thermal springs
Body: e-ΕΦΚΑUnder review
Emergency Loans/Grants for Police & Fire Personnel (TEAPASA)
Serving police officers, firefighters and civilian staff who are members of TEAPASA (not pensioners)
Body: Υπ. Εθνικής ΆμυναςUnder review
National Action for Child and Family Health Promotion
A free parenting programme for parents and carers of children from infancy to adolescence, with a digital platform for parents.
Under review
Seafarers' Unemployment-Sickness Fund Benefit (KAAN)
Unemployed/sick seafarers insured with NAT (Seamen's Pension Fund)
Body: Οίκος Ναύτου (Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής) — ΚΥΑ 2242.10-4.1/65813/2024 (ΦΕΚ Β' 5359/2024)Under review