Pursuivant wrote:the answer will be no. you need to have insurance, its not an option. theres other providers available just mentioned in another thread.
I agree that the answer will be no. Just today students in my daughter's study abroad program to Tampere (coming from the USA) received an email that the insurance offered through the program (which pays $100,000 per incident) will NOT meet the Finnish government's RP student health requirement and they must pay to upgrade to a policy that will meet the specific requirements
Follow these links to read recent discussions about this new requirement:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=29361
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=31664
I have seen several insurance agencies that will offer health insurance for more than six months. Often you need to look for agencies that specialize in student/study/expatriate policies abroad/insurance rather than just trip insurance for tourists
ETA: Saturday, July 19, 2008
From
http://www.migri.fi/netcomm/content.asp ... anguage=EN
Students’ Health Insurance
Any student who submits a residence permit application on or after 1.9.2007 must attach details of their comprehensive health insurance cover to their application. Comprehensive insurance cover means insurance which includes the types of treatment and costs that are covered by municipal health care services and the health insurance system.
It is a precondition for obtaining a residence permit that the student has valid health insurance cover with a reliable and solvent company or institution.
For studies of less than two years in duration, a student must have private insurance which primarily covers the costs of medical treatment up to 100,000 euros (cost level in 2007).
Where the duration of the studies is two years or more, a student will usually have a home municipality in Finland and is therefore entitled to municipal health care services. In such cases, it is sufficient for the insurance to primarily cover the cost of medicines (in practice the cover extends to doctor’s fees and costs of treatment and examination), up to 30,000 euros (cost level in 2007).
A student must have insurance cover when applying for a residence permit as without it a residence permit cannot be granted. In principle a residence permit cannot be issued for a period exceeding the period of the insurance cover.