Health insurance funds draw the attention of oncology patients who are covered by mandatory health insurance to the fact that they can be vaccinated against influenza and pneumococcal infection free of charge. 

All persons insured with compulsory health insurance (CHI) have the right to receive treatment and health care services in Lithuania without additional charge.

Recently, Health insurance funds have been receiving a number of inquiries regarding primary mental health care services and emotional support. 

As the new school year began, specialists of the National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health took part in the event organised by Vilnius University. 

The first consignment of flu vaccine – 100 thousand doses – intended for the 2021-2022 influenza season has reached Lithuania extremely early this year. 

While the focus is currently on coronavirus vaccination, people are urged to remember other vaccinations that protect against communicable diseases. Health Insurance Funds remind you which vaccines for children and adults are paid for by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.

Lithuanian citizens working in European Union countries, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the United Kingdom are insured by state health insurance in the country where they pay taxes.

Lithuanians are increasingly participating in preventive health programs. 

National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health and the Social Health Insurance Fund of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum agreeing to develop cooperation in the field of social health insurance.

Lithuania has become the 12th country that started to exchange the e-documents related to payment for treatment in the Member States of the European Union via the special system.

The especially favourable conditions have been created in Lithuania in the last 17 years to get preventive checks-up for diseases that are the major death causes in our country, i.e., vascular diseases and cancer.

The specialists of Klaipėda territorial health insurance fund note that recently more and more residents have been ordering the European Health Insurance Card online – the situation is different than before the quarantine.