Reduced Health-Fund Payment Cap for Olim

Step-by-Step Instructions

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   In brief

   Health funds (kupot holim) set a maximum quarterly cap on the co-payments a family pays for medical services.

   • An Oleh family in their first year in Israel is entitled to a 50% reduction in that quarterly payment cap.
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   List of services

   The reduced cap applies to co-payments for the following services:

   • Secondary (specialist) doctor: A specialist physician — including a psychiatrist — who is not a primary-care doctor, as well as dietitians and podiatrists.
     • Primary-care doctors are general practitioners (non-specialists) and specialists in family medicine, paediatrics, internal medicine, and gynaecology. Visits to a primary-care doctor carry no co-payment.
   • Outpatient clinics: Clinics operating within general hospitals (including mental-health clinics in general hospitals).
   • Institutes:
     • Imaging institutes: X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, CT, echocardiography, MRI.
     • Diagnostic institutes: EEG, EMG, audiometry, ergometry.
     • Gastroenterology institute and sleep-disorders institute.

   For further information about the medical services, visit the Ministry of Health website.

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   Who is eligible?

   • An Oleh Chadash in their first year in Israel and their family.
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   How to use this right

   The benefit is applied automatically. Once your family reaches the quarterly cap amount, the system should stop charging you for additional services in that quarter.

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   Helpful organisations

   Government hotlines

   Organisation	Phone
   Ministry of Aliyah and Integration (Misrad HaKlita)	*2994
   Rental assistance hotline for Olim	*2310
   Sha'il — Citizens' Advisory Service	118
   Central Government Response Centre	1299

   Government bodies

   • Ministry of Health