🇦🇷 Argentina · Healthcare
How the Argentina healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.
Argentina provides universal public healthcare that is free at the point of care in public hospitals, including for foreigners. Many residents also use obras sociales (union health funds) or private prepaid plans (prepagas).
- Public hospitals treat everyone regardless of nationality or immigration status; emergency care is universal.
- Formal employees are covered by an obra social funded through payroll; the self-employed can join voluntarily.
- Private prepagas offer faster access and are regulated by the national health authority.
Official authorities
- Ministerio de Salud
National health ministry — public health system and coverage rules.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.