- Right to cheaper drugs: war invalid
- The Meritorious Honorary Blood or Transplant Donor is en titled to discounts
Many people have the right to take advantage of additional discounts on drugs. It's a good idea to check what you are en titled to as in some cases we can fill your prescriptions for free. Check who is en titled to cheaper drugs.
In Poland, there are several groups of patients who have additional rights in the field of he alth services, allowing them, inter alia, to buy drugs cheaper, or even pay for them at all, and use he althcare services without queuing.
During each visit to the doctor and at the pharmacy, the patient should show documents confirming his additional authorization.
These privileges may result from the function performed, contributions to society, or past harm. Each prescription has a box labeled "Additional Authorizations". The doctor, by placing the appropriate symbol in it, informs the pharmacy employee that the patient is en titled to an additional discount on medicines. The patient should show documents confirming his additional rights to both the doctor and the pharmacist. If he does not do this, the doctor is not obliged to mark additional concessions on the prescription. Then a pharmacist can help. If the patient presents such a document while already at the pharmacy, the pharmacist may complete this data on the reverse of the prescription and grant discounts to such a person.
Right to cheaper drugs: war invalid
The persons who qualify for this title include, of course, war invalids, civilian blind victims of hostilities, but also repressed persons, their spouses who are exclusively dependent, widows and widowers of fallen soldiers and deceased war invalids or repressed persons, en titled to survivor's pension.
The right to cheaper drugs is also granted to military invalids (IW) and persons performing the universal duty of defense (PO). All drugs are reimbursed free of charge up to the limit set by the Ministry of He alth.
Persons with the status of a war invalid are en titled to a free supply of all prescription drugs and foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses covered by the reimbursement decision, admitted to trading in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Only drugsprescription formulas are issued to them for a lump sum. The exception is blood sugar test strips - war invalids are en titled to discounts on the same terms as other patients. This right is confirmed by the following documents: War Invalidity Booklet or the Repressed Person ID. In the case of widows and widowers of war invalids and repressed persons, a certificate from the Social Insurance Institution confirming the right to survivor's pension is required.
The Meritorious Honorary Blood or Transplant Donor is en titled to discounts
The most numerous group of patients with additional rights are meritorious blood donors. This title is awarded to anyone who donated a certain amount of blood - 6 liters for men and 5 liters for women. They receive an additional discount only for some medications placed on a special list of the Minister of He alth. This also applies to a deserving transplant donor. This title is reserved for organ donors and people who donated bone marrow or other regenerating cells and tissues twice.
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