Elderly non-working refugees to receive automatic healthcare insurance in Estonia

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From May 2016 onwards, non-working old-age beneficiaries of international protection will receive public healthcare insurance in Estonia. As they could not fulfil all requirements to receive state pensions, they would have been without healthcare insurance. Forecasts indicate that 3% of beneficiaries of international protection in Estonia will benefit from this legislation.

Author: Andres Võrk