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Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Oct 1, 2026

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3 min read

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

A reader couple, approved in May and paying since, have no doctor and no card.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

A reader charged the car by the hourly price, but his contract used different prices.

Andrew Lawrence

Residency

Sep 29, 2026

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5 min read

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

Non-lucrative renewals lost the online-only rule on 22 September; the money test stayed.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Campaign dates from 1 October, where each jab comes from, and what public cover costs.

Andrew Lawrence

Lifestyle

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Sep 25, 2026

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4 min read

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Three bits of good news that survived checking, and what they don't mean yet.

Andrew Lawrence

Malaga

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Sep 24, 2026

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3 min read

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Compare spring's guarantees, follow October's rules and confirm with your provider.

Andrew Lawrence

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

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