Exemptions and Discounts on Medicine Purchases

This portal consolidates information regarding discounts, exemptions and payment ceilings on medication purchases that have been established for various populations.

In most cases we are talking about a discount or exemption on the co-payments for medications included in The Healthcare Basket.

Payment Ceilings

• Medication Payment Ceiling for the Chronically Ill
• Payment Ceiling for Medical Foods/Nutraceuticals

Exemptions because of medical condition or disability

• Health Plan Fee Exemptions for the Seriously Ill
• Health Plan Fee Exemptions for Work Accident Victims
• Health Plan Fee Exemptions for those who Donate Organs

Senior Citizens

• Medication Purchase Discount for Senior Citizens
• Medication Purchase Discount for those who Receive an Old Age Pension with Income Support
• Medication Purchase Discount for those who receive a Survivor's Pension at Retirement Age
• Medication Purchase Discount for those receive a Disabled Senior Pension
• Medication Purchase Discount for Prisoners of Zion

Holocaust Survivors and World War Veterans

• Medication Fee Exemption for Holocaust Survivors and those Disabled by the War with the Nazis
• Iraqi Refugees are Entitled to an Exemption from Medication Fees
• Moroccan and Algerian Refugees are Entitled to an Exemption from Medication Fees
• Refund/Exemption on Medical Expenses for Disease Recognized by the Maccabi and Clalit Health Funds
• Medication Fee Discount for World War II Veterans

Aid organizations

• For a List of Organizations that Assist with Health Issues

Government agencies

• The Ministry of Health
  • Kol Habriut - The Ministry of Health Call Center *5400
• The National Insurance Institute
• National Health Insurance Law Ombudsman
• Kupot Cholim (the health funds)

Laws & Regulations

• The National Health Insurance Law
• National Health Insurance Order (Medications in the Health Services Basket)
• The National Insurance Law
• Ministry of Health Assistant Director of Oversight of the Kupot Cholim and Additional Medical Services Circular no. 05/2017 from 18.10.2017 - updated payment information for services and medications for 2017

Additional publications

• Health Services in the Kupot Cholim on the Ministry of Health website.
• [Health Insurance Guide - Insurance for Funding Medications] on the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority website

Credits

• Original translation performed by The Shira Pransky Project as part of a grant from The Fellowship Fund.