Health Boards
Sat-29-06-2019, 20:57 PM
Over here in Holland the prescription is not so difficult.
My prescription for DMF first time must be given by a dermatologist, and you must be a bit lucky, stubborn and sticking to have it for Psoriatic Arthritis, otherwise I have to go to a rheumatologist who will give me only garbage.
The DMF substance is in a so called Z-index and therefore “must” be covered in the base insurance of the insurance companies. This “must” is a rule from government.
Still insurance companies have possibilities to refuse to pay for prescriptions on various other rules that exist, there is a forest of rules.
After the first prescription also the GP can prescribe, in most cases people will stay with their Dermatologist for the prescriptions and checkups. I am with my GP, so I have to take care of my own checkups.
Every year there is a new starting personal risk amount of about € 385,- after you have paid this part yourself, all other costs are covered by the insurance for the rest of the year.
I don’t know how this works for the people with less money as this can be quite a problem for them, but I guess there will be possibilies to get this also covered but I am not sure about that.
My autovaccine therapy is not covered at all. But.... it is extremely cheap. I only pay the costs for the material and the work on the blood itself, which is about € 180,- . And I got a discount.
My prescription for DMF first time must be given by a dermatologist, and you must be a bit lucky, stubborn and sticking to have it for Psoriatic Arthritis, otherwise I have to go to a rheumatologist who will give me only garbage.
The DMF substance is in a so called Z-index and therefore “must” be covered in the base insurance of the insurance companies. This “must” is a rule from government.
Still insurance companies have possibilities to refuse to pay for prescriptions on various other rules that exist, there is a forest of rules.
After the first prescription also the GP can prescribe, in most cases people will stay with their Dermatologist for the prescriptions and checkups. I am with my GP, so I have to take care of my own checkups.
Every year there is a new starting personal risk amount of about € 385,- after you have paid this part yourself, all other costs are covered by the insurance for the rest of the year.
I don’t know how this works for the people with less money as this can be quite a problem for them, but I guess there will be possibilies to get this also covered but I am not sure about that.
My autovaccine therapy is not covered at all. But.... it is extremely cheap. I only pay the costs for the material and the work on the blood itself, which is about € 180,- . And I got a discount.
