Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia. I graduated in 2015, after which I went abroad and froze my insurance in accordance with the law. During this time, my mother, who has been insured in Slovenia all her life, cancelled her health insurance as she took up a job in Croatia.
When I returned to Slovenia, I decided to continue my studies at the second level (in which I was not yet enrolled and did not take advantage of the study bonuses) as a full-time student. As I paid for my own insurance between the time I returned and the time I started my studies, this is still ongoing.
As a Slovenian national, I conclude that I am entitled to basic and supplementary insurance during my studies (or until the end of my 26th year).
There is a problem here, because students in Slovenia can get insurance through a family member who is also insured in Slovenia.
As my mother is now insured in Croatia - I do not have a family member or guardian in Slovenia through whom my insurance can be arranged during my studies.
The ZZZS told me that in order to arrange this, I need an E109 form to prove that my parent is insured in another country.
In Croatia, they refuse to issue this document because under their law you are only a family member until you are 18, after which students are insured under student status until the age of 27.
As you can see, as a Slovenian citizen, I have fallen into a kind of hole from which there is no way out, because Slovenian bureaucracy restricts my rights.
I would like to ask you for any answer that would help me out of this situation.
I believe that we live in a democratic, social republic, Slovenia, where citizens have equal rights to health care, but it turns out that this is not the case.
As an EU Member State, it should put an end to such loopholes and take care of its citizens. After all, we live in an age of globalisation, when migration is not a rare phenomenon.
Thank you in advance for your reply.