The social work of older adults implemented adjustments in its list of requirements to access 100%coverage medications.
He Comprehensive Medical Care Program (PAMI) It is the public social work of older adults. Includes medical and social benefits to provide medical assistance, such as special care, trained professionals and exclusive health centers where you can attend, Free medications and some with preferential rates, and hundreds of pharmacies attached throughout the country so you can remove your medication with coverage.
Since last month, the agency implemented adjustments in the list of 100% coverage medicines and in the requirements To access these during January 2025. In order to continue improving the quality of its services, the entity announced a new document Key, that when completing it, allows those retirees and pensioners who were out of the benefit in the first instance, can access the medications for free.
It is a Subsidy for social reasonswhich points to those beneficiaries who do not have the necessary economic capacity to access the purchase of their medications. They will be able to access if they meet a series of requirements and the corresponding documentation is delivered.
Drug drugs.jpg
Who can access Pami’s free medications
To facilitate access to essential medicines, the PAMI medication program It includes a list with drugs that will continue to be free. Thus, they guarantee the total coverage of those special treatments of serious or chronic diseases that are protected by the law in force throughout the country. As treatments for hemophilia, diabetes, oncological medications, rheumatoid arthritis, fibrochistic diseases, osteoarthritis, HIV and hepatitis B or C, among others.
To access the benefit they must meet these requirements:
- Have net income less than 1.5 minimum pension assets. For households that have a single disability certificate (CUD), total monthly income must be less than 3 minimum pension assets.
- Not being affiliated with a prepaid medicine system simultaneously with the affiliation to PAMI.
- Not be the owner of more than one property, aircraft or luxury vessels.
- Not having a vehicle less than 10 years old. With the exception of households that have cohabiting with the CUD, who can be holders of up to a vehicle with less than 10 years old.
- Do not be the holder of corporate assets that demonstrate full economic capacity.
But, there is a detail regarding these requirements, since if the affiliate does not meet the first 2 (income stop and not have prepaid medicine) but the cost of medicines indicated for a treatment is equal to or greater than 15% of your incomecan Request 100% coverage For social reasons through an exception mechanism.
On the other hand, veteran affiliates of the Falklands War should not meet these requirements. Although, anyway, they must carry out the request for a subsidy for social reasons.
How to request free medications in Pami
To request the Subsidy for social reasonsit is necessary to make a previous registration where a form Show that it does not have the necessary income to access the purchase of medicines. This document is available in the Official Pami website (Through this site https://www.pami.org.ar/tramite/medicaments-razones-social).
Remember that to access this benefit, only 5 free medications can be requested per month and a Electronic Recipe signed by your doctor or header professional in which the diagnosis or clinical indication for which the medicine is prescribed is detailed.
If you need to perform the process to access “social subsidy”, this is the step by step to do so:
- Enter the website From Pami and I accessed the “Web Procedures” section.
- Select the option “Medications” and then, “Medications free of social subsidy“
- I chose to “start this web process.” In reasons, select “Request the service“
- Enter your affiliation number, ID number, and process number of your last ID.
- Complete the Contact form.
- Read the requirements carefully and if you meet them, press “yes, continue.” And complete a brief form. If you have the recipe in paper format, make the site. Of the contour, it is not necessary because it will be in the system. In comments, you can write what are the medications you are requesting, although it is optional.
- Finally, check your data and press “Send”. Write down the Case number which will appear on the screen to be able to follow it.
Source: Ambito
I’m a recent graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. I started working as a news reporter for 24 Hours World about two years ago, and I’ve been writing articles ever since. My main focus is automotive news, but I’ve also written about politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.
