2026 Prescription Charges
Nowadays, when I have a conversation in the street with someone, it goes a bit like this: “Hiya, how are you?” “I’m well, thanks, but did you hear about Rupert/Ted/Alison/Indira? She/he had a heart attack/has cancer/had a stroke (and so on)”. Obviously, it’s not always that style of conversation. Sometimes the answer is “Not so good”, because the person I’m talking to has just had a bypass/major surgery/has metastasis (and so on). It can be worse - “Did you hear about Betty? - she died, you know”. Bearing this in mind, a news item from today may be of interest to lots of us, particularly those of us of a certain age, closer to the “time of reckoning”. As of today, there are new prescription charges. These charges only apply to people with prescriptions from the Spanish state system. If your prescription comes from a private doctor, then the charges will depend on the market price. The charges apply directly across the state health system, be that in Murcia, Valencia, or anyw...