Denied public healthcare after 6 years paying taxes.
My girlfriend is Ukranian (I'm Portuguese), she is in Portugal for 7 years now.
She is a liberal professional, pays taxes and social security, even had a family doctor here.
With me mess with SEF and AIMA she has a expired visa (keeps working and paying taxes).
Went for her usual public clinic receives the notification that she doesn't have a family doctor anymore.
Asks if its possible to be seen by another doctor, gets in response that she is ilegal here and has no right to use public healthcare.
Calls me in tears, we go for a private hospital to get a appointment.
Keeps paying taxes and cant get an appointment to get her visa renewed.
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Purple Oasis
May 27, 2025
A minha amiga portuguesa didn’t ever have family doctor, she was waiting since she was a kid. She recieved a message that she finally got one when she already was adult and lived in Belgium
Purple Cookie
May 27, 2025
Portugal being Portugal. Another ridiculous situation. But I can’t say I’m surprised. I’m Portuguese and I only got access to a family doctor at age 27. That’s why 40% of the population is using private health insurance. At this point, public healthcare is only really useful for very complicated proceedures not handled by the private sector. People pay taxes but they don’t really have access to public services. This country is a joke. A bad one.