Pharmaceuticals
Where to buy pharmaceuticals and how to pay for them.
In case you are sick, the doctor may prescribe medicines required for your treatment. The costs of these prescribed medicines are normally covered by the health insurance company, but the insured person has to make a co-payment. Usually the co-payment is 10% of the price of the medication, but there is a minimum of 5 Euro and a maximum of 10 Euro per prescription. The medicine has to be licensed in Germany.
Some pharmaceuticals are exempt from the co-payment. Please ask your doctor for further information. Over-the-counter medications normally have to be paid by the insured person alone.
The insured person has to present the doctor's prescription at a pharmacy and has to make the co-payment there.
erstellt am 28.04.09; zuletzt aktualisiert am 11.05.10
Quelle: TK
