Iceland Health
Self-employed healthcare workers' health insurance will be transferred to the Iceland Health
21st November 2024
According to the new Act on Patient Insurance No. 47/2024, the patient insurance of self-employed healthcare professionals is transferred from insurance companies to the Icelandic Health. The change applies to damages that occur on and after 1 January 2025.
In the news section, you can find instructions for self-employed healthcare professionals, which it is important that everyone who is relevant is familiar with.
The amount of the premium for self-employed healthcare professionals will be decided by the Minister of Health in a regulation. A draft of such a regulation, along with supporting documents explaining the estimated levy of the premium, is now included in the government consultation, see. [Samráðsgátt | Mál: S-227/2024|https://island.is/samradsgatt/mal/3866]. The draft regulation will be in the consultation portal until 6 December 2024 and during that period everyone can contribute comments or opinions.