It's not true that free drugs for children, retirees and the U.S.

are completely free, as We Are Family claims. From April this year, the state will reimburse the drug, but only up to the value of the cheapest drug with the active substance, the rest must be paid for by the parents. In fact, the government has not completely repealed the supplements for medicines, medical supplies or dietary foods. It alerts kdh health team leader Monika Kolejáková." If a child needs a more expensive medicine from a given category, the parent will pay a supplement, but it will be reduced by the amount that is paid for the cheapest medicine in the relevant group," explains Kolejáková. It describes as nonsense the setting of the age limit for children under 6 years of age for supplements for medicines. "I don't understand why we divide children into od-do groups, as if children over 6 are not sick and entitled to at least partial relief from supplements," she says. Monika Kolejáková – member of the KDH Presidency The measure will also affect pensioners and ZŤP patients with their effectiveness from January 2022, because they often cannot reach for cheaper variants of medicines from the category and need the most expensive ones. "If the government is talking about fulfilling promises on medicines for free, let it also truthfully say how it works in practice and communicates the issue openly and comprehensively, not just in part. Otherwise, it is only a marketing misleading of citizens," concludes Kolejáková.