Care insurers choose for cheaper pills
Spent: 2 May 2005 18.00 last modified: 2 May
2005 19.42 ZEIST - five large care insurers no longer will compensate
for a number of medecines to unnecessarily high geprijsde. If
there is a cheap alternative for cholesterol-far-lower or
maagzuurremmers, then becomes that compensated for. Care
insurers the Netherlands made to Monday confessed that VGZ, CZ, Agis,
Menzis and Univé by 1 July has announced a preference policy in the
field of medicines pursue to will. Two other insurers, the
friesland and delta Lloyd/OHRA, participate as of 1 January. By
this policy can be saved on the costs of these medicines. The
insurers obey with that the agreements which they have made with
minister Hoogervorst (public health) to curb the costs of medecines.
The care insurers ask manufacturers their make price by 1 June
recognizable. On account of that they will make a choice for
medicines. The insurers expect that as a result the prices of
these medicines will go omlaag. Simvastatine, pravastatine (both
cholesterol-far-lower) and omeprazol (maagzuurremmer) are medicines of
which the patent has gone and are brought that by several suppliers on
the market. The products which contain these operative
substances, are this way equivalent that selection on price for the
hand lies, find ZN. The care insurers state that it is not
unsewed to the voorschrijfbevoegdheid of the doctor. In the
event that a patient medical reasons cannot be treated with the
cheaper means, the insurer the more expensive means will compensate
for still. (c) DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
Source chooses "care insurers for cheaper pills": nu.nl
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