HEALTH SUBSYSTEMS

» All public employees, in the capacity of beneficiaries, are entitled to benefits of the State Health Care System (ADSE) or of other Public Administration health subsystem to which they are bound, compulsorily or by option, irrespective of the social protection system where they are covered, provided that they pay the respective contributions and comply with the requirements defined by regulation applicable to each concrete case

» The non-payment of the remuneration, namely due to the occurrence of any eventuality of social protection, shall not exempt from the obligation to pay their contribution

» The benefits related to the delivery of healthcare may be used outside the scope of ADSE or in the framework of agreement of ADSE with healthcare providers. The remaining benefits provided for in the law and in a regulation shall be requested under the terms defined for each subsystem

» The use of official health services integrated in the National Health Service, as well as the co-participation of the State in medicines acquired in the pharmacies materialize the right of all citizens to health, as laid down in the article 64 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, not constituting therefore benefits of health subsystems