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Changes in Medical Funds

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Nov. 4, 2022 22:05

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On Friday evening, the Sejm passed an amendment to the Act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained.

One of the main points of the amendment is the addition of a new category of services that the Medical Fund will be able to finance: genetic research in the population of patients under 18 years of age with rare and oncological diseases. The amendment also raises the limits of expenses, including expenses on drugs, and makes it possible to finance vaccinations included in the PSO as recommended vaccinations (in terms of HPV vaccinations).

The first reading of the presidential draft of amendments to the Medical Fund Act took place last week - two days in the Sejm were enough to quickly adopt the draft, which, by the way, did not arouse much controversy, because both PiS and the opposition agreed that changes in the act are necessary so that the Fund could more easily spend money o...

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