According to statistical data in Russia, more than 19 million people are entitled to free medicines. Who they are, these people? In what cases the state is ready to pay for treatment?
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For the provision of federal beneficiaries, the state spends more than 100 billion annually. rubles. According to statistical data of more than 19 million. The person in our country has the right to free medicines, of which approximately 15.3 million. Man preparations prefer monetary compensation and 3.7 million. use their right to fully. Who has the right to free medicines and how this right is implemented?
What medicines are issued for free?
Let's start with the fact that the list of free drugs is approved by the Government. Document regulating their receipt — Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia «On approval of the list of medicines released by a doctor's prescription when providing additional medical care to individual groups of citizens eligible for state social assistance» was adopted back in September 2006. Since then, editors have been regularly introduced into it. Some drugs are excluded from this list, others are included, but in the end there is a tendency to its growth, which is undoubtedly pleased.
All groups of drugs are included in the category of free drugs: opioid and nonarcotic analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, Means for the treatment of gout, allergies and parkinsonism, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, antipsychotic substances, antidepressants, sleeping pills, antibiotics, antiviral and antifungal drugs, medications for treatment Cardiovascular - seeking, respiratory, digestive system, hormones and many other drugs. In fact, any disease can be cured by using exclusively free drugs.
Who has the right to free medicine?
The list of persons eligible for free medicines is registered in Article 6.1 of Law No. 178-FZ «About state social assistance» of July 17, 1999, in Article 125 of Law No. 122-FZ from 22.08.2004., You can familiarize yourself with them on the website of the Department of Health. Moscow.
Briefly, getting free medicines guaranteed
- Participants and disabled of the Great Patriotic War, host veterans.
- People awarded «The resident of the blockade Leningrad».
- Members of the families of veterans of the Second World War, the dead people with disabilities of war and participants in combat operations.
- Military personnel of military units who were not part of the current army during the Second World War.
- Military servicemen awarded with orders or medals of the USSR.
- Persons who worked in the Great Patriotic War on military facilities in the rear.
- Family members of the dead workers of hospitals and hospitals of the city of Leningrad.
- Disabled.
- Disabled children.
- Persons exposed to radiation due to the catastrophe at the Chernobyl NPP.
- hemophilia;
- fibergation;
- pituitary nanice;
- Goshe disease;
- scarmed sclerosis;
- myelolomicosis;
- in need of immunosuppression after transplantation of organs and tissues.
Who gives out «Free» recipes?
Learn what specific free medicines can be discharged in one way or another can be at the attending physician or from a representative of an insurance medical organization paying treatment.
Free drugs are issued by the attending physician in accordance with medical testimony, recipes are certified by the Department.
The recipe necessarily indicates its validity period, usually one month. This time during which the medicine must be obtained in the pharmacy. In the absence of a drug, a similar action can be proposed. The duration of the recipe can be extended and in this case, the pharmacy is obliged for 10 days to organize the issuance of the requested drug.
If necessary, continue treatment, as well as in the case of a loss of a recipe, the doctor is obliged to write down the drug re.
Free medicine on the prescribed prescription can receive anyone who will be transferred to the recipe. This is especially important when the patient himself is not able to pick up his medicine.
Free medicines for children
Today, children under three years have the right to free medicines in Russia, in addition children under 6 years old from large families. This also includes kids who suffer from rare, threatening life diseases whose treatment is extremely expensive. It is enough to register a child at the place of residence and get a medical policy and SNOW in the Pension Fund office in order to obtain free drugs if necessary.
Not so long ago, the public stirred off the proposal of the President of the National Medical Chamber,. M. N., Professor Leonid Roshal about providing children under 10 years old free medicines. Although this idea was supported by physicians and representatives of pharmaceuticals, experts doubt the possibility of implementing this initiative. And so far, legislators and officials will look for ways to solve the problem, we can only wait and hope that the loss of the part of the profits in the free issuance of drugs will not be compensated by increasing prices for adult drugs.
