Mironov proposed a subsidy for vital and essential drugs for expenses exceeding 10% of income
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- The leader of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, proposed providing a subsidy for the payment of drugs from the list of vital and essential drugs if the costs for them exceed 10% of a citizen’s income, provided that his income does not exceed three times the subsistence level in a constituent entity of Russia.
- The bill will be submitted to the State Duma on Wednesday.
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Why It Matters
In Russia, there is state regulation of prices for drugs from the list of vital and essential drugs, as well as programs for free and preferential drug provision for certain categories of citizens.
The leader of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, proposed providing a citizen with a subsidy to pay for medications from the list of vital and essential drugs (VED), if the costs for them exceed 10% of his total income from labor, business and other activities.
The corresponding bill will be introduced into the House of Parliament on Wednesday. The document is available to RIA Novosti.
“The bill proposes to establish that if a citizen’s expenses for the purchase of medicines included in the list of vital and essential drugs exceed 10% of his total income from labor, business and other activities, the citizen is provided with a subsidy to pay for the corresponding medicines,” says the explanatory note to the draft.
Current legislation provides for a set of measures to ensure the availability of medicines. State price regulation is applied to drugs from the list of vital and essential drugs (VED). Along with this, the legislation provides for free or reduced-price medication provision for certain categories of citizens.
According to the draft, the subsidy is not provided in cases where the income indicator established by the bill exceeds three times the subsistence level established in the corresponding constituent entity of Russia.
The bill proposes to take into account, when determining the amount of expenses for medicines, the total actual expenses incurred at the expense of the citizen and his family members for the purchase of drugs included in the list of vital and essential drugs.
What to Watch
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The bill will be considered by the State Duma next Wednesday
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Open Questions
- What will the subsidy amount be?
- How will this measure be financed?
- Which categories of citizens will benefit most from the subsidy?
