Health Boards
Thu-27-06-2019, 19:13 PM
How do you pay for your psoriasis prescriptions ?
We have members from around the world and thought it would be interesting to see how others pay for their psoriasis prescriptions. Even if you live in the same country as another do you all pay the same.
Here in France everyone has a card which pays around 60% of your prescription, if you register with a family doctor you get 70% (I think those figures are accurate, but it can be difficult to understand). With regard to the balance you have three options.
#1 You can pay the balance yourself.
#2 You can have insurance to pay the balance.
#3 You get 100% if you are on a low income.
But there is also a 4th option and that is to register for a Affection de Longue Durée (ALD) an illness that is on the list of "Long term or major illness" The good news with this is that psoriatic arthritis is on the list and in some cases it will be granted for psoriasis too. All you have to do is get your family doctor to sign a form every 5 years stating that you still have an ALD and get it approved by the health system.
I doubt newly diagnosed would get the full 100% straight away, but it is worth asking especially once you are referred to a dermatologist.
How do you pay for your psoriasis prescriptions ?
We have members from around the world and thought it would be interesting to see how others pay for their psoriasis prescriptions. Even if you live in the same country as another do you all pay the same.
Here in France everyone has a card which pays around 60% of your prescription, if you register with a family doctor you get 70% (I think those figures are accurate, but it can be difficult to understand). With regard to the balance you have three options.
#1 You can pay the balance yourself.
#2 You can have insurance to pay the balance.
#3 You get 100% if you are on a low income.
But there is also a 4th option and that is to register for a Affection de Longue Durée (ALD) an illness that is on the list of "Long term or major illness" The good news with this is that psoriatic arthritis is on the list and in some cases it will be granted for psoriasis too. All you have to do is get your family doctor to sign a form every 5 years stating that you still have an ALD and get it approved by the health system.
I doubt newly diagnosed would get the full 100% straight away, but it is worth asking especially once you are referred to a dermatologist.
How do you pay for your psoriasis prescriptions ?
