A survey of the Lithuanian diaspora shows that only a small proportion of foreign Lithuanians are not aware of the possibility to benefit from free essential healthcare services in their home country or to receive reimbursement for expenses incurred during treatment in Lithuanian medical institutions.

Specialists of the Panevėžys Territorial Health Insurance Fund have noticed that residents who are entitled to dentures at the expense of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund and are registered for the service, are not in a hurry to take advantage of these services.

Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are the leading killers not only in Lithuania but also worldwide. On 7 April, World Health Day, President Valdas Adamkus, together with the National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health, urges the population to fight these diseases. 

Access to medical supplies for patients with diabetes is improving. As of 1 April, all patients with type 1 diabetes will be reimbursed for the cost of insulin pumps from the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.

Last year, Compulsory Health Insurance Fund received a compensation of the damages of 2.2 million EUR, caused by illegal resident activities, reported the National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health.

Colon cancer is the fourth most common malignancy after prostate cancer, other skin tumours and breast cancer. March is dedicated to colon cancer prevention, so health insurance funds experts are urging to take steps to prevent this insidious disease.      

Health insurance funds were informed about cases, when residents, coming for reimbursed medicine for the smallest co-payment, are told that the pharmacy is out of stock, insisting on selling another, more expensive medicine.

During this turbulent period, a large number of people contact health insurance funds to obtain a European Health Insurance Card. Health insurance funds would like to remind that the residents of our country that are covered by the Compulsory Health Insurance need these cards only when they travel to other European countries.

The Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund have issued a memo to assist the refugees, who were forced to leave Ukraine due to the military action of the Russian Federation, in receiving focused and precise information on health care services in Lithuania.

Vilnius Territorial Health Insurance Fund organised a remote seminar, hosted by the International House Vilnius, for third-country nationals, residing in Vilnius, on the basic aspects of the Lithuanian healthcare system.

Ukrainian residents, including unaccompanied minors, who came to the Republic of Lithuania from Ukraine will receive not only the essential healthcare services, but also medicine, prescribed by doctors for outpatient treatment in Lithuania, free of charge.

During the state of emergency, Ukrainians who have fled to Lithuania as a result of the war have been granted access to a wide range of essential healthcare services, reports the National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health.