National Health Insurance Law (Amendment – Co-payment for Purchasing a Prescription Drug from a Pharmacy Not in an Arrangement with the Health Fund) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק ביטוח בריאות ממלכתי (תיקון - השתתפות עצמית ברכישת תכשיר מרשם מבית מרקחת שאינו בהסדר עם קופת החולים)
TL;DRA bill to amend the National Health Insurance Law: an insured person's co-payment for buying a prescription drug at a pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization will be equal to the co-payment at a pharmacy with an arrangement.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do?
The bill provides that an insured person who buys a prescription drug at a private pharmacy that has no arrangement with the health maintenance organization, but has access to the HMO's computerized system, will pay a co-payment identical to what they would pay at a pharmacy with an arrangement. The bill also repeals certain sections of the 1981 Pharmacists Ordinance. The aim is to protect private pharmacies that lost their agreements with the health maintenance organizations, and to avoid high costs without a discount for insured people forced to buy medicines through them.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 68 seats
Left the coalition 8 seats
Opposition 44 seats
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