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Written by: Li Enci
2020-09-25 10:13
Last update date: 2020-09-25 10:13
The Rare Disease Alliance and community pharmacies yesterday (24th) launched a "drug fee installment plan", allowing patients with valid drug prescriptions to pay for drugs by credit card in installments.
The chairman of the Hong Kong Rare Disease Alliance, Zeng Jianping, said on the TV and Taiwan program "Millennium" this morning (25th) that the instalment plan is of great help to some patients, so that patients can have multiple choices to get medicines early; If the credit card limit is insufficient, you cannot pay in installments.
He expects that the plan may be extended to surgery in the future, and it will become a habit of the public in a few years.
Zeng Jianping (middle), the president of the Hong Kong Rare Diseases Alliance, hopes that through the plan, these patients can use the installment plan to purchase the drugs covered by the plan, and reduce the financial pressure of the patients.
(Data Picture/Photo by Zeng Fengting)
Zeng Jianping, chairman of the Hong Kong Rare Diseases Alliance, pointed out that the plan has just begun. Three drugs have been included in the first phase, including Cladribine for the treatment of relapsed multiple sclerosis and nintedanib for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Nintedanib), and Aatinib for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
He said that sometimes patients who are diagnosed with rare diseases after seeking medical treatment often spend 500,000 yuan on medicine. Even if middle-class patients can afford the medicine, they have to consider selling the property and giving up stock investment in order to spend a lot of money.
He believes that the installment payment plan is of great help to some patients, allowing patients to have multiple options to get the medicine early; but if the patient's credit card limit is insufficient, the installment payment cannot be made.
No special application is required for the plan. Patients with valid drug prescriptions can call the Dispensing Anxin Pharmacy of the Hong Kong Pharmaceutical Services Fund to make an appointment. The designated credit card can be used for instalment payments.
Zeng Jianping said that some private hospitals have expressed interest in the staging plan. It is expected that the plan may be extended to surgery in the future, and it will become a habit of the public in a few years.
Zeng Jianping, chairman of the Hong Kong Rare Disease Alliance.
(Profile picture/Photo by Huang Baoying)
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