🇮🇱 Israel · Healthcare
How the Israel healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.
Israeli residents are covered through National Insurance and health funds under the state health-insurance framework. Foreign workers and some non-residents are treated differently and often need private medical insurance arranged under foreign-worker rules.
- The National Insurance Institute collects national and health-insurance contributions for residents.
- Foreign workers who are not residents are not insured under the State Health Insurance Law and need private coverage.
- Visa category, residence status and employer obligations determine the practical health-insurance route.
Official authorities
- National Insurance Institute — health services for foreign workers
Official foreign-worker health-coverage guidance.
- Ministry of Health
Official health authority.
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