Broke my toe

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1. Frikort (literally “free card”) is something you get after paying a certain amount for health services. Like, if you break your toe on vacation here, you just pay. But if there’s some underlying illness or complications with the toe, you keep visiting health services, past the point of, i think it’s 3165 NOK per fiscal year right now, everything else from then on is free. That’s the gist of it. There’s ofc a lot more to know, but in your case just pay and forget about it.

   Also, for future reference, just speak Danish bror.

2. Everyone in Norway has to pay a set fee for medical service (varies for different medical services), same as how a copay works for an insurance. But there is a maximum amount per year (3165 NOK), and if you have paid fees up to this level you get a *frikort*, which gets you out of paying any more fees for the rest of that calendar year.

3. In Norway, the maximum you need to pay for health services per year is 3165 kroner. After that you get a “frikort” and all health services are free.

4. Frikort is when you have paid over 3165 in medical expenses in a year. When you reach this limit, you get «frikort» which means that you don’t need to pay anything throughout the calendar year. However, you are a tourist, and won’t have one 🙂 Good luck with the toe!

5. After the first time I broke a toe and the doctor said they weren’t going to do anything about it, I saved my money and didn’t go back the next few times. “Just tape it to the next one and try and stay off it.”