Benefit for pensioners on medicines: how to get?

The economic crisis and rising prices for food, utilities and medicines have all become routine for Russia in recent years. These changes are reflected first of all on the most vulnerable layers of the population - pensioners. Every month, older people spend a quarter of their income on medical supplies. And few of them know that in our country it is stipulated the payment of special privileges for the purchase of medicine or reimbursement of already spent funds for these purposes.

General concept

The state program provides similar privileges for certain groups of federal beneficiaries: pensioners, disabled people, participants in the Second World War, participants in the liquidation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as citizens with serious diseases. Among the population, the most relevant and relevant information about what constitutes a privilege for retirees on medicines.

Older people often do not even realize that they can by law expect to purchase a wide list of medicines, and meanwhile, the state annually spends billions of rubles to fulfill its duties in this area of the social sphere. The problem - in the specifics of the work of regional medical institutions, most doctors are silent about the fact that there is a privilege on medicines for pensioners, and in pharmacies they refuse to release the necessary drugs. All this is the cost of the system, but every citizen falling into this category has the right to demand the privilege entrusted to him.

Not all drugs are included in the list of preferential drugs, their list is strictly regulated by the law of 2006 on the "Approval of the list of medicines ..." The program is common for the entire territory of Russia, but in some regions of the Russian Federation there are additional lists of medicines and compensation rules.

What benefits are given to pensioners?

After reaching the age limit of employment and with regular contributions to the Pension Fund, a citizen has the right to receive a monthly allowance, as well as additional social security measures. Over the past twenty years, the state has used a lot of effort to create comfortable conditions for the lives of older people. A man of retirement age is entitled to the following benefits:

1. In the sphere of taxation: pensions, allowances, treatment, payment of vouchers for sanatorium treatment are not subject to personal income tax. In addition, pensioners are covered by a different system for calculating payments for property owned, as well as benefits when paying a vehicle or land tax. Much depends on the region of the country and internal regulatory laws.
2. Privileges for payment for housing and communal services: today the condition is in effect when a pensioner has the right to expect a lump sum payment from the state for gasification of his own house or apartment. Reimbursement can be a maximum of 50%, much depends on the social program adopted in the region.
3. Privileges for travel in public transport. In some areas, a targeted assistance program operates, where social services provide support to pensioners, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups of the population.

Much more questions arise about how the benefits are given for old age pensioners. The legislative basis for such assistance is prescribed in Federal Law No. 178-FZ of 17.07.1999 "On State Social Assistance".

Medical Benefits

The legislation of the Russian Federation provides for compensation for the purchase of medicines intended for the treatment or prevention of a particular disease. All prescription drugs must have a doctor's prescription.

Below is a list of what benefits for medicines for old-age pensioners are laid from the state:

1. Elderly people who have reached the age limit of employment and who are not disabled can receive a 50% discount on the purchase of medicines listed on the special list.
2. According to the order of the Ministry of Health on compulsory medical check-up, pensioners are entitled to go to the local polyclinic for free every three years.
3. Also, citizens can go to the hospital in order to get a flu shot.

A pension to pensioners for medicines in the form of cash compensation is issued to the citizen twice a year in the territorial branch of the Pension Fund of Russia.

How it works?

You can learn more about the provision of additional medical care from the local doctor-therapist, to the territorial body of compulsory medical insurance, as well as to the organization where the insurance policy was issued.

All information on those drugs that provides for a benefit on medicines for retirees is required to be provided by the attending doctor. He also prescribes a prescription with an indication of the period of its validity, usually a month or a little more. Any other person has the right to receive the necessary medicine, so that the document can be transferred to a relative or close person. If you lose your prescription, you should immediately contact your doctor.

List of drugs

The list of free medications allowed for out-patient treatment includes 360 titles, 22 of which are considered essential medicines:

• Ascorbic, folic, thiotic, ursodeoxycholic, glycyrrhizic acid ;
• Nitroglycerin, Tetracycline, Bromhexine, Acetylcysteine, Drotaverin, Ranitidine, Famotidine, Amlodipine, Mebeverin, Mesalazine, Liotironin, Ademethionine;
• "Ambroxol", "Metronidazole", "Paracetamol";
• Amiodarone, Granisetron, Ondansetron, Tropisetron, Progesterone, Dydrogesterone, Norethisterone, Rosiglitazone;
• Algal, piracetam,
• Magnesium hydroxide, bismuth tricalium dicitrate, iron [III] hydroxide polymaltosate, metoclopramide, potassium and magnesium asparaginate, bile + pancreas powder + mucosa of small intestine powder, potassium iodide, heparin sodium, levothyroxine sodium, dalteparin sodium;
• "Omeprazole", "Rabeprazole", "dexamethasone", "methylprednisolone";
• Bisacodyl, Lactulose, Loperamide, Sulfasalazine, Bifidobacteria bifidum, Gliklazid, Glimepiride, Glibenclamide, Repaglinide;
• Hemicellulase, pancreatin, insulin, "Troxerutin", "Glibenclamide", "Taurine", "Rifamycin", calcium folinate, prednisolone, hydrocortisone;
• Eprosartan, Glikvidon, Acarbaza, Gendevit, Dipiridamol, Clopidogrel, Warfarin, Epoetin, Glipizide.

Depending on the amount of financing by the local budget, it is possible to purchase drugs both free of charge and with a 50% discount.

What you need to have when you go to a hospital

The reimbursement of expenses for medicines to pensioners has a number of important nuances, and everything begins with the collection of the necessary documents that the citizen must provide to the treating doctor. Therapists, medical assistants, cardiologists, surgeons and other specialists with whom the person is being treated have the right to prescribe the prescription. The patient must carry the following documents:

1. Passport.
2. SnilS.
3. Insurance policy.
4. Medical Card.
5. Certificate from the FIU that the citizen did not write voluntary refusal of additional medical care.
6. Pension certificate, certificate of disability and other documents confirming the right to receive benefits.

The doctor must prescribe the prescription in two copies, one of which is provided by the citizen to the pharmacy kiosk, and the other to the supervisory authority that distributes social payments, which includes the benefits to receive medicines for pensioners.

The doctor for his part also sends an application to the state pharmacy, it often happens that the right drug is not available, and it takes some time to wait for its delivery. To facilitate the task today, a special service is provided on the Internet to order the necessary medication. To do this, you need to go to the Roszdravnadzor website and fill out the application, here you can call the hotline and find out the details of the service in your region.

Design rules

Already after buying the necessary medicines, the citizen must carry all the papers to the territorial branch of the FIU. Benefit for pensioners for medicines is provided only if the following accounting documents are available:

1. Form recipes in a certain form 107 / y.
2. Checks and receipts confirming the purchase.
3. A certificate of all income and deductions.
4. If another person applies for the benefit, it is necessary to submit a document confirming the relationship and a copy of it.

In order to avoid unpleasant bureaucratic situations, all documents, and especially the recipe, need to be checked for signatures and seals, otherwise the form will be considered invalid and the person will have to perform unnecessary actions. In general, how to get benefits for medicines, pensioners should explain the social services responsible for it in an accessible form, including the Department of Compulsory Insurance and employees of the Pension Fund of Russia.

How do I pay?

All documentation is collected in advance and must strictly comply with the form, this application is considered to be socially important, therefore, all papers are given special attention. According to the legislation, the compensation for pensioners of expenses for medicines is not fully realized. In each region, the annual monetary volume of funds allocated per person is established, usually it is no more than 25 thousand rubles.

And the pensioner can receive compensation only at a rate of 13% from expenses. To date, the legislation spells out the maximum amount of deduction - 15 600, which is 13% of 120 thousand rubles. Usually citizens spend much less, about 10 thousand rubles. And, therefore, have the right to expect compensation in the amount of 1,300 rubles. So, the benefits to the medicine for old-age pensioners are small support from the state, many refuse from this social service in favor of paying monetary compensation.

Benefits for veterans of labor

Unfortunately, in connection with the policy of economy, people who received an honorary title for special merits and efforts shown during the work in 2017 canceled many benefits, they were replaced by some bonuses and privileges. But in terms of medical care, virtually all services remained unchanged.

Benefits for medicines to veterans of labor - pensioners are provided free of charge in any regions of the country. However, the citizen can receive the necessary preparations only in state institutions. In 2017, the list of insurance services even included dental treatment, subject to the purchase of equipment at their own expense. In all other respects, the same procedure is provided for obtaining medication for veterans' retirees. Privileges are granted upon submission of all documents confirming this right.

Refusal of free medicines

Legislation provides for situations when a pensioner may refuse to obtain a state social assistance package in favor of paying a monetary equivalent, and this can be done both completely and partially. The issue is regulated by Part 3 of Art. 6. 3 of Law No. 178-FZ. You can find out more about how to give up benefits for medicines to a pensioner in the territorial department of the FIU.

First you need to decide on what services the citizen refuses. It can be free travel, providing medical products or sanatorium treatment. You can choose the whole list or one of the items, for example, providing medicine. In this case, the application for refusal to receive a social service is submitted to the Pension Fund at the place of residence. The deadline for submitting documents is before October 1 of the current year, the application is valid until December 31 of the next year, after which the application will be able to renew or renew the social package.

The total amount of payments for today is 1048, 97 rubles, of which 807, 94 rubles. Is intended for purchase of medicines, 124,99 for sanatorium treatment and 116, 04 for travel in suburban transport.

Other medical services

The privilege to pensioners for medicines is not the only state measure to support the elderly. In addition, the legislation provides for the following medical services:

• Possibility to get vaccinated free of charge;
• Veterans and invalids who are on pension are provided with additional treatment in the sanatoriums of the country; Each region has its own procedure for obtaining permits, for explanations it is possible to apply to the district therapist;
• Free travel to the place of treatment;
• Every three years there is a medical examination;
• Free of charge service in any state clinics of the country;
• Discount on prosthetics of missing limbs.

Pensioners who have the status of invalids of the Great Patriotic War, residents of besieged Leningrad, have the right to undergo regular medical check-ups once a year.

FAQ

Each year, the government establishes new tariffs and the amount of indexation of pensions, as well as the rules for obtaining and the list of benefits included in the social package of state aid. Elderly people in Russia always await with anxiety these changes and innovations, so, the issue of the law on working pensioners has not been solved yet, the government has postponed the adoption of this decision for some time. As for social assistance, at the federal level, it remained unchanged, so that benefits to pensioners for drugs in 2017 will be paid, as before.

Another equally important issue for the elderly is the problems associated with obtaining free drugs. Sometimes it turns out that on paper pensioner has benefits for medicines, but in reality can not get them. Therapists often refuse to prescribe prescriptions, citing lack of funding or lack of goods in pharmacies.

According to the law, medical products must be provided at the first request, if the medicines are not available, the employee must either order the goods or extend the prescription period.

Often, pensioners are completely defenseless against the bureaucracy of the system and everywhere run into refusal and misunderstanding. Do not give up, the citizen always has the right to write a complaint to the territorial branch of the Ministry of Health or to report a case of refusal by the hotline.