Medication

Herefordjack wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 9:04am:

Are you receiving state pension yet?

GrahamLynn wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 9:07am:

It’s all depends on your healthcare.

If you have private healthcare then you pay the full cost of your medication. Same rule applies for Spanish healthcare under pension age.  But you could find that the Spanish equivalent medication is much cheaper to what you have to pay in Ireland. 

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If you are at the age where you are claiming state pension, you can register your S1 form (Irish Equivalent?)  with your local INSS  and allocated a GP at your nearest salud.   You then pay 10%  of the cost of your medication. Then depending on your annual tax return, this could go down to zero.

Lynn

Sligogent wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 9:25am:

Thanks for replying 

I  will  be   Pension  age when  moving  to  Spain 🇪🇸    I   am  aware  I  need  Private  Health insurance  for 12  months  upon  moving  to Spain,   so  will  h...

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...ave to pay  full  cost  of  Medication  for 12  months   which  is   more  expensive  than  Ireland  , 🇮🇪   as  Medication  costs  are   80 euros  a month   . I   purchase   1  item on  my  prescription   last  June  it  alone  cost  60 Euros   without  prescription 

Sligogent wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 9:25am:

Thanks for replying 

I  will  be   Pension  age when  moving  to  Spain 🇪🇸    I   am  aware  I  need  Private  Health insurance  for 12  months  upon  moving  to Spain,   so  will  h...

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...ave to pay  full  cost  of  Medication  for 12  months   which  is   more  expensive  than  Ireland  , 🇮🇪   as  Medication  costs  are   80 euros  a month   . I   purchase   1  item on  my  prescription   last  June  it  alone  cost  60 Euros   without  prescription 

GrahamLynn wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 11:17am:

The farmacia may be able to find you something cheaper.

For instance if you ask for headache tablets, they will always try and sell you the most expensive product they have. So without a bit of prior knowledge you could end up paying 10€ for branded tablets, whereas the generic economy ones will cost you less than 1€.
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Composition of the tablets is the same, you’re just paying for a brand name.
It could also  be worth having a word with the doctor who’ll prescribe your meds here in Spain..

Lynn

Sligogent wrote on Sun Aug 7, 2022 9:18am:

Thanks for replying, 

I  will be getting  Pension  when I move  to Spain,  want  to  get Pension  details  sorted  before  moving