Articles about Insurance

You do not need a psychiatrist to start therapy in Switzerland. Any doctor, your GP included, can order it, and basic insurance then pays for 15 sessions, another 15 afte...

Portugal ended moderator fees across almost all SNS services in June 2022, so referred mental health consultations cost nothing at the point of use. The one charged door ...

Poland's NFZ needs no referral for a psychiatrist, and since September 2025 none for a psychologist either at contracted facilities, with care free at the point of use. P...

Madrid practices price by the block as well as the hour: one publishes €85 a session, or €75 if you commit to five. Sessions run 50 minutes rather than the hour you might...

Paying privately in Barcelona mostly buys speed. The route through your health centre to the local mental health unit costs nothing, and it is the waiting time that sends...

Czech public insurance covers psychotherapy in full on one specific path: a clinical psychologist contracted with your insurer, reached by referral. On that path you pay ...

Two gates decide what you pay in Dublin, not a price list. A medical card opens up to 8 free HSE counselling sessions on a GP referral, and being 12 to 25 opens Jigsaw at...

Italy's bonus psicologo pays your psychotherapist up to €50 a session, but it is rationed by ISEE ranking and lapses if you do not start within 60 days of acceptance. The...

Since 1 January 2024 clinical-psychological treatment has been a health insurance benefit in Austria, and most guides have not caught up. A contracted place costs nothing...

The Warsaw detail worth knowing is the clock: register at a mental health centre and first contact follows within 72 hours, no referral needed. When the wait pushes you p...

A psychiatric outpatient visit in Stockholm is charged like any other visit, 275 kronor flat, and everything you pay for open care stops at 1,450 kronor in any 12 months....

Greece funds therapy two ways: EOPYY reimburses when a psychiatrist refers, and community mental health centres provide care without charge, with the uninsured on equal t...