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Spanish Health Insurance Needs Assessment

What Do You Actually Need From Your Spanish Health Insurance?

A simple needs assessment for people applying for Spanish residency

If you’re applying for a Non-Lucrative Visa, Digital Nomad Visa or EU residency, you probably already know that your private health insurance needs to meet certain requirements.

But meeting the immigration requirements is only the starting point.

Once your visa has been approved, you still have to live with the policy.

How important is access to a wide choice of doctors and hospitals? Would you consider paying more for access to some of Spain’s most prestigious private hospitals? Do you travel regularly? Is English-language support important? Could your medical history affect your options? Would repatriation to your home country be important to you?

There is no single policy that is right for everyone.

This assessment is designed to help you identify what matters most to you before you compare your options.

It takes approximately 5–10 minutes.

If you’re applying for a Non-Lucrative Visa, you can read more about the specific health-insurance requirements on our Spanish Health Insurance for Non-Lucrative Visa page.

Digital Nomad Visa — understand the health-insurance requirements for the Digital Nomad Visa.

What will I get from the assessment?

What will you get from the assessment?

By completing the assessment, you’ll identify:

  • The type of residency you’re applying for
  • Where you’ll be living in Spain
  • The type of medical network you want
  • How important particular hospitals and doctors are to you
  • Your requirements for English-language support
  • Your international travel requirements
  • Whether repatriation is important to you
  • Whether your medical history may need consideration
  • Who needs to be insured
  • Your three most important priorities
  • Whether you’re prepared to consider a more comprehensive level of cover

You can then use your answers to discuss your requirements with a broker — or ask us to identify the options that may be most appropriate for you.

    Spanish Residency Health Insurance Needs Assessment

    Find out what you actually need before choosing your policy.

    Whether you are applying for a Non-Lucrative Visa, Digital Nomad Visa or EU residency, the right health insurance isn't necessarily the cheapest policy available.

    This assessment helps us understand what matters to you, so we can look at the policies and levels of cover that best match your circumstances.

    1. What are you applying for?

    2. Where will you live in Spain?

    3. How important is your choice of doctors and hospitals?

    4. How important is access to English-language support?

    Medical care in Spain is provided by doctors and healthcare professionals with varying levels of English. While some insurers can provide access to a network that includes English-speaking doctors or other language support, this cannot be guaranteed for every doctor, specialist or medical service. Your policy documentation and insurer communications may also be available in English, but this does not mean that every healthcare professional you encounter will speak English.

    Please note: English-speaking doctors are not available in every location or medical specialty. In some circumstances, you may need assistance from a Spanish-speaking friend, neighbour or professional translator.

    5. Do you travel outside Spain?

    This relates to repatriation of remains in the event of death to your home country.

    6. Could your medical history be relevant to underwriting?

    Having a medical condition does not necessarily mean that you cannot obtain private health insurance. Different insurers assess medical histories differently, and some circumstances may require individual assessment.

    7. Who needs cover?

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    8. What matters most to you?

    Please select up to three priorities.

    Your details

    Thank you for completing the assessment. We can now look at the available options and identify policies appropriate for your residency route and circumstances, including more comprehensive options where these may be relevant to your priorities.

    What happens next?

    Once you’ve submitted your assessment, we’ll review your requirements and contact you to discuss the options that appear most appropriate.

    Where relevant, we can also look at more comprehensive policies if your priorities suggest that these may be worthwhile.

    Looking specifically for NLV insurance?

    Our detailed guide explains the health-insurance requirements for the Spanish Non-Lucrative Visa, including the requirements you need to understand before applying.

    Read our Spanish Health Insurance for Non-Lucrative Visa guide →

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