40% increase in the price of 560 items of medicine last year / 100 items of medicine do not have insurance coverage

According to Fars News Agency Health Group, Mehdi Rezaei, pointing out that in 1400, the price of 560 items of medicine increased in price, said: Last year, the price increase of about 460 items of medicine was covered by insurance and 100 items of medicine due to lack of credit Not covered by health insurance.

He added: “Without a doubt, this issue was reported to the Food and Drug Administration in November of last year; Because according to the commitments, the price of medicine was supposed to increase by only 15%, but this amount reached more than 35 to 40%.

Rezaei emphasized: At the beginning of the year, insurance companies were obliged to commit only a 15% increase in the price of medicine, unfortunately, there were no credit facilities to cover the price increase of more than 15%.

In conclusion, in order to reduce the problems of increasing the price of medicine, he considered the presence of insurance organizations in the Drug Pricing Commission as a condition for accepting insurance coverage in increasing the price and providing resources.

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