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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 09:20:37AM -0400, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
>> Sure it has to do with the tariffs, because without the protection 
>> afforded by the tariffs, the HMO would find that position untenable 
>> because people would just go to the foreign market to get their drugs.
> 
> Why? For the covered basket of drugs most are 15% copay, the rest are
> 50% copay. There is a maximum monthly copay for a family (any size) of
> 400 NIS (used to be less than $100, now more).
> 
> Drugs not covered, vitamins, etc are often sold at a discount. 

But, then why was your wife forced to pay an exorbitant tariff to get 
something that wasn't available locally?

> You can petition (not always sucessfull, but sometimes it is) your HMO to
> provide something that is not covered and if you can't get them to do
> it, the Ministry of Health.

It's the "not always successful" part that gets you.

Peace...  Sridhar