Moldovan government enhances citizens' access to compensated medicines

Chisinau, 7 March /MOLDPRES/ - The citizens’ access to compensated medicines will be enhanced. To this end, the cabinet today approved a draft law which provides for giving right also to competent specialists to prescribe compensated medication, including at private medical institutions. So far, these preparations have been prescribed by family physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists and pediatricians from the providers of medical assistance contracted by the National Health Insurances Company (CNAM), the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.   

The draft sets a model of contract due to be signed between private medical institutions and CNAM. Thus, the citizens will be able to benefit from compensated medication by appealing to specialty physicians: neurologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists and pediatricians of the private providers of medical assistance.     

During the last three years, the cabinet has managed to double the list of compensated medicines, reaching 148 common international names. The government also provided, starting from 1 February 2019, the free of charge release to patients of by 1-2 medicines from each common international name of this list.