Medical card pharmacy question

jeffk

The mother and father are on tablets for life so every month pay the capped 25 to a chemist.

I went into another chemist to pick up a separate prescription for the mother. I was told they would charge me the full price of the item and to go to my own chemist

I thought with the medical card you can just by into any chemist and pay the 1.50 on each item?

njs030

jeffk wrote: »

The mother and father are on tablets for life so every month pay the capped 25 to a chemist.

I went into another chemist to pick up a separate prescription for the mother. I was told they would charge me the full price of the item and to go to my own chemist

I thought with the medical card you can just by into any chemist and pay the 1.50 on each item?

It's 2.50 but yes that's correct.

jeffk

Sorry wasnt sure thanks, my chemist also confrmed it

Time to get onto Lyods and raise this with them,lying to customers isnt great business pratice

Balagan

The €25 ceiling is monitored by your own pharmacy only. There is provision for refunds if you have to pay for prescriptions from a different pharmacy.

What if I or my family pays more than €25 in a month?

The HSE will issue refunds automatically every six months, based on the information received from your pharmacy. However, you can avoid refunds altogether if you and your family visit a single pharmacy and your Pharmacist can identify all of your family members ...

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/mc/prescriptioncharge/

jeffk

Balagan wrote: »

The €25 ceiling is monitored by your own pharmacy only. There is provision for refunds if you have to pay for prescriptions from a different pharmacy.

What if I or my family pays more than €25 in a month?

The HSE will issue refunds automatically every six months, based on the information received from your pharmacy. However, you can avoid refunds altogether if you and your family visit a single pharmacy and your Pharmacist can identify all of your family members ...

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/schemes/mc/prescriptioncharge/

Thanks for the information

But the issue was the women serving me, no matter what i said, just said no cant get it here unless you pay full whack for the tablets , go your own chemist

Ive gotten onto Lyods to see what they say

GerardKeating

jeffk wrote: »

Thanks for the information

But the issue was the women serving me, no matter what i said, just said no cant get it here unless you pay full whack for the tablets , go your own chemist

Ive gotten onto Lyods to see what they say

Not all pharmacies are part of the GMS dispensing scheme, perhaps they are one of those that are not.

jeffk

GerardKeating wrote: »

Not all pharmacies are part of the GMS dispensing scheme, perhaps they are one of those that are not.

They are and then some

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/hse-alleges-fraud-over-phased-dispensing-fees-1.2332808