Chronic illness status (extra protection in health costs)
Statuut chronische aandoening (RIZIV)
Paid by RIZIV/INAMI via de ziekenfondsen · 🇧🇪 Belgium
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 2 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
Where this comes from
Automatically granted to patients with at least 400,20 EUR health costs per quarter during 8 consecutive quarters (2025 indexed): lower MAF ceiling and third-party payer system
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.riziv.fgov.be
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Other health & care support in Belgium
9 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- OMNIO status for chronically ill patients
- Third-party payer system (no advance payment at the doctor/pharmacist)
- Primary psychological care reimbursement (RIZIV networks)
- Free childhood vaccinations (Kind & Gezin, Flanders)
- Breast cancer screening (free mammography every 2 years)
- Colorectal cancer screening (free stool test every 2 years)
- Flemish care insurance - monthly care budget for heavy care needs
- Allowance for Assistance to the Elderly (Flanders)
- Work Accident Insurance (compulsory employer insurance)
Similar programmes
Increased Reimbursement status for health care (low income)
RIZIV/INAMI via de ziekenfondsen
OMNIO status for chronically ill patients
RIZIV/INAMI via de ziekenfondsen
Primary psychological care reimbursement (RIZIV networks)
RIZIV/INAMI - netwerken voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg
Third-party payer system (no advance payment at the doctor/pharmacist)
RIZIV/INAMI via de ziekenfondsen
Maximum Billing - annual cap on out-of-pocket health costs
RIZIV/INAMI via de ziekenfondsen
Allowance for Assistance to the Elderly (Flanders)
Vlaamse Zorgkas / zorgkassen