VFR

Today mine as usual no charge (pensioner) but my wife had to pay a little where as hers were always no charge before ?
BTW this is in Valencia.

Rosemary

I collected mine Monday and there was no charge but like you I am a pensioner. Did she pay 10% because that is what it was for a while? Maybe they are under pressure again.

Rosemary

VFR

Yes it was just a little so i guess around 10%

spainrico

All SIP card holders are allocated a TSI code (see top right of your prescription) these are allocated based on your Spanish tax returns and your 'financial status'

Using a Google translation
The official recipes will be adapted to the following basic criteria of differentiation according to the expression of the acronyms or classification code in the database of individual health card, which will be printed alphanumeric or coded in the upper right of the recipes According to the following scheme:

A) TSI Code 001 for users exempt from contribution.

B) TSI Code 002 for users with reduced contribution of 10%.

C) TSI Code 003 for users with a contribution of 40%.

D) TSI Code 004 for users with a 50% contribution.

E) TSI Code 005 for users with a 60% contribution.

F) Code TSI 006 for the users of mutuals of officials with contribution of 30%.

G) ATEP for recipes for occupational accidents or illness.

H) NOFIN for prescriptions for non-funded medicines and health products.

(I) DAST for prescriptions for medicinal products and medical devices prescribed to users in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2011/24 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of intellectual property rights Patients in cross-border healthcare: users must pay the full amount.

from
Seguridad Social:Normativa

Whether they have recently changed I am not sure, but the above document is dated 28/11/2016.

VFR

Thanks for that Spainrico & she does have the 002 code.
Wonder why she never paid before ?

spainrico

Maybe last years tax returns have been applied to the code allocations for 2017?

VFR

Yes you could be right there, just checked mine & that is also showing the 02 code but there was no charge for me. ?

spainrico

Sorry no explanation for that, just that you are lucky!

Fred James

The rules in Valencia are different from other regions.

The figures that Spainrico quoted are the national figures which do not necessarily apply to Valencia.

What has not been mentioned is that if the national rules apply, the charges for pensioners are capped, depending on income.

For pensioners with income of less than €18000 the cap is about €8. For incomes above that the cap is €18. These figures change annually based on inflation.

If you have not submitted tax returns, then there is no cap as they do not know your income.

If I can find some definitive figures for Valencia I will post them.

VEDShappy

On a SIP card itself, what would the code - SF - signify? I know that the letters stand for "Sin Farmacia" but what does that mean?

spainrico

Thanks Fred for the additional information.

All I can add is that I have a code of TSI004 and I do pay 50% of actual medicine PVP costs ie on an item costing 25,95 I have to pay 12,98€.
But I am not of full pension age.

BTW - I would say if you are living here full time and have residents access to health care then you should as a F/T resident make a tax return.

gill556

Both me and my partner Are pensioners living in Valencia area, he has a higher income than me yet pays nothing, I have to pay 10% and wonder if this is because he has a small Spanish pension.

snikpoh

Do you do a joint tax return or separate ones?

gill556

separate, we are not married.