Re: Padron & SIP
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:41 pm
Jonnno wrote:Blimey. Gets more complicated. I completed a tax return for 2019 and have paid what was due. I am over 65 and have an S1. What is best way to sort how much I should or shouldn't pay. Bewildered. Thanks so much.
If you have completed a tax return and it has been finalised then the co-payments for prescriptions will automatically be linked to your SIP card. The pharmacist computer will charge you what you are expected to pay. Also note that age 65 doesn't matter. It is the retirement age in your home country that matters as that is the date the S1 takes effect from.
Note that other regions are different but the charges in the Valencia Region:
If you earn under 18k a year then there are no charges.
Earnings between 18k and 100k are 10% of the value of the prescriptions up to a maximum of around 18 euro (I think it's just gone up to €18.52)
If you earn over €100,000 a year then the co-payment is 60% of the costs but up to a maximum of €61.75.
So if you are a resident drawing a UK state pension and earn under €18k a year you pay nothing. (This applies to my wife as she only has the UK state pension which is under 18k a year and is over UK pensionable age)
If you earn between 18k and 100k a year then you pay 10% of the cost up to a maximum of 18.52. (This applies to me as I earn over the 18k but under the 100k a year and am also over UK pensionable age).
Last time the doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics I had to pay 53 cents. If I was on several prescriptions coming to, let's say, 200 euro in total I would have to pay 20 euro except that payment is capped and I would only pay 18.52 for each month of prescriptions.
Of course, if I were lucky enough to be pulling in over 100k a year, I would have to pay 61.75 for those 200 euro worth of medication each month.