he Catalan healthcare system is defined by its commitment to guarantee universal healthcare.

In Catalonia, CatSalut is responsible for acknowledging the right of all citizens, that is, all people who are registered residents of any town in Catalonia, to receive healthcare assistance.

This right corresponds to all citizens, with specific coverage levels established in accordance with specific personal circumstances and guaranteed cover which is confirmed by CatSalut by means of the issue of an individual public healthcare card or TSI.

APPLY FOR YOUR PUBLIC HEALTHCARE CARD

Citizens
You can apply for the card at the primary healthcare center (CAP) that corresponds to you based on your home address. You will need the following documents: 

- An identity document (Spanish Identity Card DNI, Foreigner’s Identity Card, NIE, passport, etc.).
- A certificate proving you are registered with your municipality, dated no more than three months prior to the application date. (A collaboration project has been started up to provide for online consultations of citizens registered with town halls that will make the need for this document unnecessary in the future.)
- A photocopy of a document indicating you are registered with the Social Security system, MUFACE, MUGEJU or ISFAS. Anyone who does not have a document of this kind (or people without coverage) may request the right to healthcare assistance through one of the following ways:

Access for people without sufficient financial resources

Access for people with financial resources

Your public healthcare card with be sent to you by mail.

New citizens

. Newborns

People born in Catalonia may make use of public healthcare system as beneficiaries of the holder of the public healthcare card by means of a certificate from the town hall that states that the applicant and his/her beneficiaries are registered on the town hall census rolls. The newborn will have the same coverage as the holder of the public healthcare card.

. Recent arrivals to Catalonia

Recent arrivals who establish their residence in Catalonia. After registering with their town hall, they may apply for the public healthcare card like any other citizen.

Travelers

Travelers are considered to be any user of the public healthcare system who is away from his/her normal place of residence and needs healthcare assistance.