Health Insurance & Medical Information
TRAVEL INSURANCE & MEDICAL INSURANCE
It is important to check with your medical provider and insurance company to ascertain what expenses incurred in Europe are covered. We highly recommend that you purchase short-term travel insurance to supplement your current medical plan. Travel insurance covers these four basic areas:
1. Medical/health problems
2. Property loss
3. Trip cancellation/interruption
4. Emergency evacuation
One of many companies you can look into for this is Travel Insured International, www.travelinsured.com
Local Italian Health Insurance
Students studying for semester programs are requested to purchase local Italian Health Insurance (not valid outside of Italy) for the application of their Permit of Stay. This plan covers students should they need to take a trip to the emergency room (pronto soccorso) and may be used for minor issues as well as real emergencies. The cost for the Local Italian Health Insurance and Permit of Stay (approximately 165Euro) will be billed along with the Course Fees & Field Trips invoice after the start of the semester.
Students requiring special medications MUST BRING THEM and carry them in their original pharmacy containers as well as the prescription itself. Do not have medicine shipped from the US, as it will be promptly stopped in customs.
There are 24-hour pharmacies in each section of the city and a nearby tourist clinic with English-speaking physicians. The normal charge is about 30-60Euro per visit.
TRAVEL INSURANCE & MEDICAL INSURANCE
It is important to check with your medical provider and insurance company to ascertain what expenses incurred in Europe are covered. We highly recommend that you purchase short-term travel insurance to supplement your current medical plan. Travel insurance covers these four basic areas:
1. Medical/health problems
2. Property loss
3. Trip cancellation/interruption
4. Emergency evacuation
One of many companies you can look into for this is Travel Insured International, www.travelinsured.com
Local Italian Health Insurance
Students studying for semester programs are requested to purchase local Italian Health Insurance (not valid outside of Italy) for the application of their Permit of Stay. This plan covers students should they need to take a trip to the emergency room (pronto soccorso) and may be used for minor issues as well as real emergencies. The cost for the Local Italian Health Insurance and Permit of Stay (approximately 165Euro) will be billed along with the Course Fees & Field Trips invoice after the start of the semester.
Students requiring special medications MUST BRING THEM and carry them in their original pharmacy containers as well as the prescription itself. Do not have medicine shipped from the US, as it will be promptly stopped in customs.
There are 24-hour pharmacies in each section of the city and a nearby tourist clinic with English-speaking physicians. The normal charge is about 30-60Euro per visit.
Santa Reparata International School of Art, SRISA - Via
San Gallo, 53r Florence Italy, info@santareparata.org
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