Do you take medicine from cancer patients? Ministry Response

The Ministry of Social Services and the Ministry of Family denied the news that "cancer patients are paid".

In the statement of the Department, "the statement that cancer surgeons and their drugs are subject to certain criteria"

In the statement made by the Department of Social Services and the Department of Family, [19659002] "In some media, under the title"

The Social Security Institution pledges to ensure that our patients receive the most accurate and cost-effective care according to their interests, by encouraging the use of rational medicines and contributing to their widespread use. , Developed to produce new payment methods with the company or fast and effective drug policies especially investment, pharmaceutical in Turkey, to contribute to the development of production and research, sustainable pharmaceutical purposes such as the creating a budget continues.

methods are obviously related to the drug to be taken to the reimbursement list the question has been repeatedly disclosed to the public.

We do not charge a fee for the new regulation
With regard to the treatment of cancer, there is no additional charge for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and radioisotope operations,

Patients have the opportunity to access free of charge at the hospital
There is no extra charge for drugs that the Social Security Institution has taken on the Refund list it is not. Only drugs that cost more than the equivalent drug group in drugs are subject to the equivalent difference when their citizens are preferred.

544 Drug Refund List
This figure rose to 544 in 2018, when there were 480 drugs on the cancer drug reimbursement list in 2017.

19659002] Each treatment is included in the reimbursement list, each drug being evaluated alone.

At present, it is understood that the claims of cancer surgeons and their medications and the fact that their fees are tied to certain criteria are far from being the foundation of the claim. ".