Covid: draft Dl Sostegni bis, no ticket for ex-patient checks, 58 million in 3 years

Rome, May 20 (beraking latest news Salute) – A “dedicated monitoring program” for patients who have had Covid, modulated on the severity of symptoms and also aimed at the early diagnosis of any sequelae of the disease, without sharing in the cost by citizens. On visits and exams to monitor long Covid, the ticket will therefore not be paid. This is what is foreseen in article 27 in the latest draft of the Dl Sostegni bis, which speaks of “guaranteeing homogeneous care throughout the national territory” of these patients. To do this, “the National Health System guarantees the necessary outpatient specialist services”, “without sharing the cost of the patient, for a period of 2 years”.

To achieve the provisions of the article, an expenditure of 58.234.038 would be authorized, divided into 3 years: for 2021 we are talking about 28.8 million, for 2022 instead of 24.9 million and for 2023 of 4.4 mln. The overall figure has been increased compared to the previous draft of the decree, in which almost 50 million were allocated. No ticket for 2 years to therefore allow the healed, who were discharged after a period of hospitalization for Covid, to monitor the impact that the disease had on them. The Regions and the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano, according to article 31 of the draft, “activate the monitoring programs”.