Changes in medication copayment for public healthcare users
13 May 2026
Effective: 12 May 2026
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Who is affected:
Patients with public prescriptions, pensioners, people with chronic diseases and pharmacies
Summary
The amount paid by patients for their medications in pharmacies within the public healthcare system is modified. It affects the amount that citizens and their beneficiaries pay when withdrawing prescriptions.
Detailed analysis
PRO
This Real Decreto-ley modifies the system of economic contribution made by users and their beneficiaries in the provision of outpatient pharmaceutical services, that is, the copayment for medications dispensed in pharmacies with prescriptions from the public health system. The reform may imply changes in contribution b…
Full official title
Real Decreto-ley 11/2026, de 12 de mayo, por el que se modifica la aportación de los usuarios y sus beneficiarios en la prestación farmacéutica ambulatoria.