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
Exemptions because of medical condition or disability
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
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.