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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PoppyPetal" data-source="post: 1239777" data-attributes="member: 114235"><p>I live and work in the south of Spain so I have access to free healthcare but the waits for appointments especially for specialists are definitely longer than they used to be.  Like the Uk they are just so short of finances so I also have private insurance at the moment.  Having said that the prices for this keep rising and I am really going to have to consider whether to keep this going.  The medications will just be the generic names and I can't see you having any problems with obtaining these.  I would just recommend if you are moving here that you register with a doctor as soon as you arrive at your local medical centre.  Some doctors speak English in the Ss system but not all, but the private doctors always speak English.  I can usually manage badly in Spanish when I have to!  I have T2 and my daughter in law has been a T1 since she was tiny.  As Connie104 said you do pay a percentage of prescription costs or if you go private you pay the whole cost (having said that you just take a private prescription to your local doc and he will write you one which entitles you to the discounts Providing it is not a new expensive medications). Wishing you all the best if you decide on the move....</p></blockquote><p></p>

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