National Insurance Institute, Insurance - Exempted from National Insurance and Health Insurance Contributions

	Insurance - Exempted from National Insurance and Health Insurance Contributions
	An unemployed new immigrant within 12 months following the date of immigration to Israel; a person aged 18 who has not yet been drafted and is unemployed, is exempt from payment for a period of up to 12 months provided that he/she is drafted to the army no later than age 21; a high school student (11th and 12th grades) who has reached the age of 18 is exempt from payment for the period of his/her studies provided that he/she is drafted up to age 21; a prisoner or detainee in prison for longer than 12 months. A soldier in regular service receives healthcare services from the IDF and is not insured under the National Health Insurance Law, and therefore is not obligated to pay health insurance contributions. A career-service soldier is obligated to pay health insurance contributions. A person whose military service is postponed due to academic studies ("atudai") has to pay national and health insurance contributions himself during the period of studies. The National Insurance Institute will send him the payment booklets and he must pay the insurance contributions quarterly. A student enrolled at a "Yeshivat hesder": beginning January 2002 the Ministry of Defence pays national and health insurance contributions for him, from the date of drafting and up to the date of demobilization, including the periods of study at the Yeshiva.

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