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mobertol · 27-09-2011, 09:43

My parents live in Tenerife. Yesterday evening I was talking to my Mother - they'd been to the Docs to get my Dad's prescription for his Asthma medication as per every 2 months. When they got to the Chemists they found that the computerised system no longer accepted his medication as "free" which it has always been with it being a chronic condition. They went back to the Docs and then the Chemists and no-one seemed to know why . In the end it turns out that because of Spanish government cut-backs they now have to pay -also his blood presuure pills had to be paid for. The Asthma inhalers he uses cost over 50 euros each per month...
Same thing happened to me here in Italy - 2 weeks ago i went to the Asthma clinic for my 3 monthly check-up and found I had to pay for all treatment and check-ups from now on - the Specialist didn't know and it was only the computerised system which refused my exemption. Italian cutbacks are to blame. (Mr Berlusconi obviously needs a bit more cash for entertaining "Escorts" at the tax-payers expense.)
Then this morning i saw on SKY news that there was a recommendation to stop giving medication to terminal cancer patients if its only effect is to prolong life! (?) What else could it do if they are "Terminal"?

The powers that be seem to be losing the plot - is the same happening to your prescription medicine?

27-09-2011, 09:43	#1
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26229	Sneaky cut-backs in the Health Service... My parents live in Tenerife. Yesterday evening I was talking to my Mother - they'd been to the Docs to get my Dad's prescription for his Asthma medication as per every 2 months. When they got to the Chemists they found that the computerised system no longer accepted his medication as "free" which it has always been with it being a chronic condition. They went back to the Docs and then the Chemists and no-one seemed to know why . In the end it turns out that because of Spanish government cut-backs they now have to pay -also his blood presuure pills had to be paid for. The Asthma inhalers he uses cost over 50 euros each per month... Same thing happened to me here in Italy - 2 weeks ago i went to the Asthma clinic for my 3 monthly check-up and found I had to pay for all treatment and check-ups from now on - the Specialist didn't know and it was only the computerised system which refused my exemption. Italian cutbacks are to blame. (Mr Berlusconi obviously needs a bit more cash for entertaining "Escorts" at the tax-payers expense.) Then this morning i saw on SKY news that there was a recommendation to stop giving medication to terminal cancer patients if its only effect is to prolong life! (?) What else could it do if they are "Terminal"? The powers that be seem to be losing the plot - is the same happening to your prescription medicine? __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence Last edited by mobertol; 27-09-2011 at 09:46. Reason: capital letters...