Health cheats
The new co-payment system for prescriptions has at least had one positive result; it's turned up 150,000 health cards still in force which belong to people who are dead.
13.08.2012 - The Department of Health has already identified cases of the cards being used fraudulently to obtain medicines. A further 800,000 people with cards have been identified who are not registered in the social security system, of which 200,000 are pensioners, who were therefore not paying for their medicines. The general secretary for the department of health, Pilar Farjas, believes that there has been a reduction of between 15 and 20 per cent in the number of prescriptions, which according to her means that the system is working, in that it is dissuading people to stock up on unnecessary medicines. Unfortunately it also means that in some cases people who need the medicines cannot afford to get them. Interestingly, Farjas sent a message of calm to pensioners who were paying out over the top limit for their income bands saying that they would receive the money back from their health services without having to apply for it. Notices posted in the pharmacies in the Canaries say that the tax office will be in charge of refunds. And, as highlighted here last issue, there is no mention of how the many foreigners whose bank details are not in the Government system, will get their refunds. A spot of governmental crystal ball gazing perhaps? Yet another case of the right hand not knowing what the left is or should be doing.
Island connections article. :)
Quote from: fifi on August 14, 2012, 10:49:45 AM
Health cheats
The new co-payment system for prescriptions has at least had one positive result; it's turned up 150,000 health cards still in force which belong to people who are dead.
13.08.2012 - The Department of Health has already identified cases of the cards being used fraudulently to obtain medicines. A further 800,000 people with cards have been identified who are not registered in the social security system, of which 200,000 are pensioners, who were therefore not paying for their medicines. The general secretary for the department of health, Pilar Farjas, believes that there has been a reduction of between 15 and 20 per cent in the number of prescriptions, which according to her means that the system is working, in that it is dissuading people to stock up on unnecessary medicines. Unfortunately it also means that in some cases people who need the medicines cannot afford to get them. Interestingly, Farjas sent a message of calm to pensioners who were paying out over the top limit for their income bands saying that they would receive the money back from their health services without having to apply for it. Notices posted in the pharmacies in the Canaries say that the tax office will be in charge of refunds. And, as highlighted here last issue, there is no mention of how the many foreigners whose bank details are not in the Government system, will get their refunds. A spot of governmental crystal ball gazing perhaps? Yet another case of the right hand not knowing what the left is or should be doing.
Island connections article. :)
Unreal
Honestly I mean what the blazes lol
And the last line, Hammer - Nail - Head
"Yet another case of the right hand not knowing what the left is or should be doing. "