Good news about tessera sanitaria

We have been watching Penny's trials and tribulations about getting full unlimited SSN cover in the Marche with trepidation! Last week, we had both been resident in our village for five years, so I duly went off to our comune and asked for my certificate of permanent residency. This was done cheerfully by Federica, our anagrafe lady, once she had looked up the rules and regulations in her Marche rules book! I was duly told that this was because I was NOT a stranieri but a communitari! (In other words, a citizen of the EU!) After paying our four marca di bollos of 14,62 each we took our certificates home with us. This morning, we took them, and a copy of the Regione Marche letter that Penny has posted to San Ginesio, our nearest Distretto Sanitario office. I asked for new tessere sanitaria, and showed the man the letter, turned to the appropriate page. He then compared my letter with his own, from ASUR 9, photocopied mine, and then straight away produced new tesseras for both of us with no scadenza dates! Result! Being on a roll, I also pointed out that my plastic card had long since run out, and although I have tried to renew it I have got nowhere. He then worked his magic on the computer and I had a new one of those as well!Penny, you will have to come and live here to get this sorted! Thank you for all your hard work. I would not have been able to do it without you!