Over 187 thousand people benefited from compensated medicines last month
The National Medical Insurance Company (CNAM) transferred around 86 million lei to the contracted pharmacies for the compensated medicines and medical devices, issued in January 2024. According to the CNAM, over 187 thousand people received free pharmaceutical preparations.
The most money, about 44 million lei, was allocated for the preparations intended for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, followed by oral, injectable antidiabetics and insulin analogs, around 17 million lei, and the compensated preparations for the treatment of children in hospital - over four million lei.
For compensated medical devices, CNAM transferred around five million lei. About 15,000 people with diabetes have benefited from medical devices for determining the level of sugar in the blood, and more than four hundred beneficiaries from medical devices for patients who require stomas. The prescription for compensated medicines and medical devices is valid in all pharmacies contracted by CNAM throughout the country.
