Attention PAMI retirees: which medications are free and which will have up to 80% discount

The measure aims to facilitate access to essential medicines for the retirees. I discovered What medications continue at no cost? and which ones will have a price with significant discounts.

PAMI: which medications are still free for members

The PAMI affiliates they have a 100% drug coverage essentials used in the treatment of diseases that are protected by law throughout the Argentine territory.

Among them are the diabetes, cancerincluding leukemia, hemophilia, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, transplantshematopoietic disorders, rheumatoid arthritis and fibrocystic diseases.

Also treatments are covered for osteoarthritis, serious eye problems such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or diabetic macular edema, and chronic kidney failure, among others.

Furthermore, those people who cannot afford the costs of their medications, regardless of their diagnosisthey can process a social subsidy to access full coverage for freeeither in person at a PAMI agency or through its online platform.

Medicines that will have an 80% discount for PAMI members

PAMI offers important discounts of up to 80% on the “PAMI price”, a preferential rate established by social work. These benefits apply to medications indicated to treat serious or acute illnesses. In the case of drugs for occasional use, the discount is smaller, reaching up to 40%.

Below are some examples of discounted prices:

• Enalapril (antihypertensive): without coverage it costs $8,419.9, but with PAMI the price drops to $1,426.3 (80% discount).
• Alprazolam (anxiolytic, 0.5 mg for 30 tablets): from an original cost of $5,803.5, it goes to $1,742.8 with PAMI coverage (50% discount).
• Levothyroxine (for hypothyroidism): without coverage it costs $9,536.3, while with PAMI it costs $1,138.4.
• Acetylsalicylic acid (antiplatelet agent): its price of $6,797.1 without coverage is reduced to $2,083 with PAMI (60% discount).

These discounts represent a significant reduction in the costs of chronic and acute treatmentsmaking them more accessible to members and showing a clear advantage over market prices or other prepaid companies.

How to complete the process to receive free medications from PAMI?

In-person procedure at agency

• For the in-person procedure it will only be necessary to bring your DNI and Credential.
• It is no longer required to attend with the sworn declaration since whoever assists you will be able to see with your personal data in the system if you meet the requirements to access the social subsidy.
• If you meet the requirements and request up to 4 medications, it will be approved and you will be able to go directly to the pharmacy to pick up the medications with full coverage.
• In the case of requesting 5 or more medications, the form in question must be completed by the family doctor to support the request.

Process via PAMI website

They enter the PAMI website, to the “Web Procedures” section, select “medications without charge for social subsidy”, and then “Start this procedure”.

1. The following steps will then follow:
2. You will enter the affiliation number, DNI number and processing number of the latest version of the DNI.
3. You will complete a contact form indicating whether the person carrying out the procedure is the regular member or a family member, telephone number and email.
4. A screen will be displayed with the list of requirements to access the social subsidy where the user must confirm if they meet them. If you confirm, you can move forward. Next, 3 questions will appear:

1. If you have corporate assets
2. If you have a dependent family member with a disability
3. If you have a prescription in paper format. If you answer yes, a field will be displayed where you can upload the document (photo or .pdf) of the recipe. If you select no, you will advance because you have your recipes in electronic format.

Next, an optional text field will appear to leave a comment, for example, the names of the medications you are requesting.

Then, you will click on “Finish uploading documentation”.

Finally, the screen will appear with all the data loaded at the moment and the user will be able to confirm the information provided.

Once these data are confirmed, the process will be started and the case number will appear so that the member can write it down and they will be able to check the status of the process. The response time will be within the first 24 hours.