reembolso
Published 8 November 2026, 20:08
reembolso (reimbursement, refund of money paid)
Getting back money you have already paid. In private health insurance this is the name for the second way of paying: you pay the clinic the full amount yourself and then claim the insurer's share back. The first way is through the partner network, where the discount is taken off straight away when you pay. The same word is used for a refund of overpaid tax after the IRS return.
Where you come across it. A bill from a private clinic, a claim to the insurer, the result of a tax return.
It is not the clinic as a whole that belongs to the partner network but the individual doctor: two people with the same policy at the same clinic can end up with different bills. Ask before the appointment whether the doctor is in the network, and keep the invoice with your NIF on it, as without it there will be no reimbursement.