Everyone who lives in Lithuania is entitled to medical care. The type of health care services that you are entitled to depends on your current status in Lithuania. Below you can find information about the rights and entitlements for asylum-seekers, refugees and temporary protection beneficiaries.
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Asylum-seekers
Asylum-seekers, including children, in Lithuania are entitled to a limited range of medical and dental care services provided free of charge: emergency medical and dental care. You do not require a doctor’s referral when seeking emergency medical care. You are also entitled to medical treatment if you have a condition that may become an emergency if it is not treated. A family doctor determines whether your condition may become an emergency.
If your medical needs fall outside the scope of free emergency care, you may choose to access additional services at your own expense. You can access these services through public or private medical institutions.
Unaccompanied and separated children are entitled to the same medical and dental care as other children and young people in Lithuania, and medical care is usually free of charge.
For more information on healthcare system in Lithuania, please see: Healthcare System
Refugees
As a refugee, when you are issued with a residence permit, you have the same right to healthcare as anyone else who lives in Lithuania.
Free medical care in Lithuania is available to all residents who are insured with compulsory health insurance (CHI / PSD in Lithuanian), regardless of citizenship. If you hold a long-term residence permit in Lithuania, you are included in the Compulsory Health Insurance (CHI) system from the date your permit becomes valid. You must pay monthly CHI contributions, as Lithuanian citizens do. If you lose your job and register with the Employment Service, the state will cover your contributions. Children (under 18 years), full-time students, old-age pensioners, and persons with disabilities are also covered by the state-supported CHI. Otherwise, if you are not employed or state-supported, you are responsible for paying CHI contributions yourself.
For more information on healthcare system in Lithuania, please see: Healthcare System.
Temporary protection beneficiaries
Refugees from Ukraine, who have registered for temporary protection in Lithuania, are eligible to a limited range of medical and dental care services provided free of charge: emergency medical and dental care. You do not require a doctor’s referral when seeking emergency medical care. You are also entitled to medical treatment if you have a condition that may become an emergency if it is not treated. A family doctor determines whether your condition may become an emergency.
After the issuance of a residence permit, beneficiaries of temporary protection can be insured under the Compulsory Health Insurance (CHI) system if they are employed in Lithuania. CHI provides access to a broad range of healthcare services, including primary and specialist medical care, hospital treatment, and reimbursable medications. Children (under 18 years), old-age pensioners, and persons with disabilities who are temporary protection beneficiaries are covered by state-supported Compulsory Health Insurance (CHI) and can access free medical care in Lithuania on the same terms as other insured individuals.
Temporary protection beneficiaries who are not insured under the Compulsory Health Insurance (CHI) system (i.e., unemployed persons, students, or those not covered by the state) are not entitled to full healthcare coverage. However, they may still access emergency medical care free of charge and can seek additional medical services at their own expense.
For more information about access to medical care for refugees from Ukraine, see here: in English, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian.
You can also watch a video prepared by the Reception and Integration Agency in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
For more information on healthcare system in Lithuania, please see: Healthcare System.
