RAMQ: Change on the refund of 60 varieties of pills in QC.What do you think?

[cath007]

french link sorry

sorry I dont find any english ink if anyone could find some it will be a great things for all of us who are concern by this change to read it and know it


http://actualites.sympatico.ca/nouve...uebec/93f7cd49

Source: Radio-Canada) À compter d'aujourd'hui, les quelque 3,4 millions de Québécois couverts par le régime public d'assurance médicaments seront remboursés uniquement pour le prix des versions génériques de plusieurs médicaments, avec l'entrée en vigueur de l'abolition de la règle de 15 ans.
Une soixantaine de médicaments d'origine seront libérés de la règle, ce qui signifie qu'à l'achat de ceux-ci, le gouvernement remboursera dorénavant le prix le plus bas, soit celui de la version générique, ce qui n'était pas le cas auparavant.
La règle, qui consistait à rembourser entièrement le prix d'un médicament pendant les 15 ans suivant son inscription sur la liste des médicaments remboursés par la Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ), a été abolie dans le budget 2013-2014.



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Le Crestor, utilisé dans le traitement du cholestérol, figure notamment sur la liste disponible en ligne, sur le site de la RAMQ.
Le gouvernement estime que les économies réalisées seront de l'ordre de 35 millions de dollars pour la période entre le 14 janvier et le 31 décembre 2013, a indiqué le porte-parole de la RAMQ, Marc Lortie.
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La règle de 15 ans avait initialement été établie par le ministere de la sante.

link:
pOur ceux et celles qui aimeraient voir cette liste:
vient du site du MSSS: https://www.prod.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/DPI...3_01_14_fr.pdf

I dont know about you but my mediication cost a lot and I dont want it to increase and have less quality.That does not make sense to me....

[Ciel]

Yes, cath007-I remember reading a news item about the provinces joining together to get certain generic medicines in volume and their respective health ministries will only cover those types, not name brand ones. Something about saving money etc even though each province used to arrange their own pricing agreements with drug manufacturers.
OK, I found an English link to explain the French link you posted:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/busin...111/story.html

And the government seems to have come up with a good mix of policies to respond to changing conditions in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Big pharma companies have been closing their research operations in Quebec as they outsource more to smaller firms.

Given the cutback in their commitment to Quebec, the province has eliminated the so-called 15-year rule under which brand-name drugs were reimbursed by the provincial drug plan even when a less expensive generic version was available.

But it added a new incentive, with more generous tax credits for research work in Quebec.

Oops-there is a drug buying plan for six drugs but Quebec is not in the plan:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...es-100-million

Together, the federal, provincial and territorial governments spent just over $12 billion on prescription drugs in 2011, the most recent year for which the total figure was available.

The joint purchasing plan will see provinces (excluding Quebec) and territories set the price for six generic pharmaceuticals that treat everything from angina and high blood pressure to depression and gastrointestinal conditions at 18 per cent of what the brand-name versions of the medications sell for. The new prices will come into effect April 1.

The six drugs account for roughly 20 per cent of what provinces and territories spend on generic drugs nationwide and sell for 25 to 40 per cent of the brand-name price.

The joint-purchasing and price-setting plan grew out of an agreement between premiers at the Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax last July.

[Ciel]

Two things come to mind:
1) for people who want the brand name drugs instead of the generic versions (sometimes one cannot use generic), out-of pocket payments will be an issue.
2) Provincial government closed a money-maker for whoever provided generic medicine but got reimbursement as though brand name medicine was given. So given that Quebec is seeing pharmaceutical companies leaving, that 15 year rule is no longer reflecting economic realities.

[cath007]

Finally I am not affected as my contraceptive pills generic stopped to be making so they just let the Alesse At the same cost and the 1 other I have was a generic ;and I did not knew it...

[cath007]

Thanks you for all the english explanations @Ciel.

[Ciel]

Glad I could help, cath007! Valid topic to discuss because the price of medicine (over the counter or prescription) can be hard to afford.