70,000 special patients covered by health insurance

According to Fars News Agency Health Group, Hanan Haj Mahmoudi, noting that health insurance covers over 70,000 special patients in five groups of thalassemia, dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), hemophilia, MS, kidney transplantation, said: Services The specialized insured of the mentioned insured are covered by the insurance according to the service package determined according to the type of disease, mostly free of charge (or in a few cases with a deduction of 10%).

He added: “Also, the insured with cancer are exempted from paying the government tariff franchise in receiving specialized services (chemotherapy and radiotherapy) (receiving services from the public sector is free).”

The Director General of the Specialized Services Office of the Health Insurance Organization of Iran emphasized: On the other hand, in order to financially protect special and incurable patients, the Health Insurance Organization pays a part of the cost of the drugs they need (in addition to the basic insurance share) in the form of a memorandum. It is concluded with the Food and Drug Administration (according to the specified list), and thus the payment from the pocket of the target insured is significantly reduced and the available items are mostly related to the difference between the brand and generic prices.

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