Does anyone know how you go about paying for healthcare?  We understand that the Valencian Government is bringing in charges for healthcare of 250euors per quarter for early retirees.  We have asked at our local health centre and also at the Social Security office but no one seems to know anything.

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More here

http://www.puma22.org/article-4.html

http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-spain/pensions-benefits/healthcare/healthcare-valencia/

The government is going to pay a subsidy of thousands of dollars for me. While you are correct that the private company will be more efficient, the government company won’t pass on it’s cost of being inefficient to the insured. I will pay thousands more on top of that.