Popular Pharmacy Covers 41 Free items: What are the rules? And who pays?

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More than R $ 7.9 million returned to the Union

“If there is error in revenue or suspected fraud, the pharmacy is blocked and investigated. If irregularity is proven, it is fined and excluded from the program,” explains Mussolini.

Does popular pharmacy exist in other countries?

“There is no equal program anywhere in the world,” says Solange. “Other countries, such as Canada, India or Australia, have partial subsidies for some groups. None offers the broad gratuity that Brazil has today.”

For the expert, the differential of the program is the social reach: “It is a policy that saves lives and gives dignity. It offers treatment to those who need it, without distinction. It is the democratization of access to health.”

How much does the government invest in the program?

The investment in popular pharmacy has grown year after year. Through the LAI (Access to Information Law), the Ministry of Health has informed the values ​​for the program in the last five years:

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