Michael Donovan
Posted on 27 Feb 2017 11:03 pm (Report this comment)

Michael Donovan
County Wexford states the following to "Minister Harris.

Having over many months brought questionable debate to the Doyle and orioctise as to why the Minister finds it so difficult to impliment the corect law affirming to "GPs" and the General Medical Council of Ireland.

that charging for such services is morally wrong and illegal and presents imence legal chalenges for fraudulent deception in order to facilitate a back door stelf "Taxation.

By GPs" in refrence of Phlobotomy charges and grouped charges for generalised services coverd by a "Medical Card.

with regard to "GP"charges against social welfare medical card recipient's.

whilst the 1970 act governs the legitimacy of none payment for such services so the breaches of contractuel "GP obligation continues to become an illegal " Austerity adding to the burden of all ready monthly prescription charges.

one might ask the question and hence a very important question,,given social welfare is a means tested payment is it productive to impinge on all ready hard pressed social welfare recipient's to find from the very little income.

for which is not designed for social domestic or neather pleasure to be seen to try and find within a means tested payment to pay from such payment for generalised medical services.

however one is minded of the true hardships faced to those for whom have no further alternative but to request amediate intervention by the "Minister" to stand firm of his ruling and forth hence make it law and binding that one cannot afford such hardships from a social welfare payments.

for wich its designe and purpose is for basic assential living.

Michael Donovan
Posted on 2 Mar 2017 7:28 pm (Report this comment)

Dear Minister Simon Harris.

Having understood the complexity of "Prescription Charges.

I had been wondering wether "Pharmacy's be so good to exsplain another overburden of "Stelf Taxing,,.

THE ISSUE.

Since the introduction of prescription charges it has become apparent that the correct formalities of charging arnt corectly put in place since the introduction of prescription charging having become law.

The term i would use would be "Transparency.

The system currently is that one would visit a "GP" and then trot of to a pharmacist for such prescriptions and thus pay acording to the volume of prescription.

If one is on many medications and such,,,and thus one is in receipt of "Social Assistance the patient is caped under the Health Service Exective" the patient is caped at €25 euros per month pending on volume of prescription .

However the "Transparency doesn't some how add up at the pharmacy's given if a patient uses local pharmacy and has paid in full to the capping amount,,,and then uses an alternative pharmacy after having been seen by a hospital doctor and thus given prescriptions for further medications,,,further has missed opportunity to collect at there local pharmacy and collects prescriptions at a diffrent pharmacy for some untoward reason out of there local area.

there is an instant charge for prescriptions,,,the patient isnt found in the "Pharmacy's Data Base" and then hence is requierd to pay additional fees per item.

the issue here is quite explanatory given one has to produce a Medical Card" and thus on doing so taping into the data base should potentially show that the patient has all ready reached the capping amount.

Unfortunately not so,,,,,,and thus this is were the "Stelf Taxation"takes place when one uses another "Pharmacey or Pharmacy's so can we find solution in so making the issue of capped charging more "Transparent specially in the age of 21st centry "Technology.

when a pharmacist punches in the key infermation of the patient no matter we're you are in the country it will instantly recognise that patient having been capped and thus therfore isn't requierd to pay any further.

please can we have this corection made more "Transparent" to pharmacists,,,this is called Stelf Taxing" and is a fraudulent act of deception being allowed to ferment its illegal and thus theft.

Michael Donovan
Posted on 3 Mar 2017 3:50 pm (Report this comment)

Having taken time to uderstand further the complexity of reinbursment over payment over the counter to pharmacey,,,,this noted your only recourse for reinbursment would be through PRIMARY CARE,,,you will have to go through a tedious exploration of departments in order to obtain over payment on prescription charges,,,,im talking of the over payment for which is charged within side the monthly sycle of charges.

example when you are capped at €25 euro and your half way through your month and thus seen by a" GP" for further prescription the issue becomes sticky given you have to go through "Primary Care" in order to re cooperate overcosts at the counter this can become tedious plus the cost of communication by phone or post.

the other grey area is that if its a diffrent pharmacey dealing with your prescription from your usual pharmacey then there will be an Automatic charge for prescription as the"HSE"Data base isnt linked with pharmaceys meaning your exspenditure details on prescription are not visable this is due to "Goverment not having the funding in place to deal with the "Data Base" corectioning interlinking pharmaceys to the main frame hence therfore the reason for extra cost on prescription when using another pharmacey other than the norm,,,,im guessing therfore we're is all this money going on prescription charges.

why isn't it going back into our "HSE"