Health Insurance Contributions - Who is exempt from payment of health insurance contributions?

• A housewife who is married to an insured person and who does not work outside her home.
• An insured person who does not work and who has no income from any source or whose income is 5% or less of the average wage and who belongs to one of the following categories:

a. A prisoner or detainee who has been in a detention facility/prison for at least of 12 months
b. A new immigrant – for the first 12 months after his aliyah to Israel.
c. A person who is 18 years old but who has not yet been inducted into the army. Persons in this category are exempt from payment of health insurance contributions for 12 months, on condition that they have not postponed their induction to past the age of 21.

Children who are Israeli residents are automatically insured and are exempt from payment of health insurance contributions.

Inducted soldiers receive health services from the Israel Defense Forces and are not covered by the State Health Insurance Law; therefore, they are exempt from payment of health insurance contributions.

The reference is to the average wage according to the National Insurance Law. It is calculated according to a method determined in the Law, on January 1st of every year, and afterwards each time that a compensation is paid.