Terveys

If you are a Permanent Resident of Finland you are covered by health insurance. This means that Kela pays a share of your medical expenses. You can, for instance, claim a refund from Kela in relation to many Medicines. Information on health services is available on the Kela website. You can also ask for more information at your local health centre.

Health insurance also covers some of Private Health Care Expenses.

The Non-Discrimination Act (yhdenvertaisuuslaki) forbids discrimination in recruitment and training. People cannot be discriminated against on the basis of ethnic origin in relation to social services and health care.

Information on the topic in the following languages:

English (pdf)
Finnish (pdf)
Swedish (pdf)
Sami (pdf)
Russian (pdf)
Arabic (pdf)
Somali (pdf)
Spanish (pdf)
French (pdf)

The website of the Ministry of the Interior has a ‘Home in Finland’ guide, which contains information on accommodation, education and social security for immigrants in the following languages:

English
Finnish
Swedish
French
Russian
Serb Croat
Somali
Farsi
Kurdish
Arabic
Albanian
Vietnamese
Dari
Estonian
Basic Language