High-cost coverage for medicine
'The high-cost cover limits your costs for prescription medicine. This means that you pay a maximum of SEK 2,850 during a 12-month period for medicines that are included in the so-called medicine benefit. Excess costs are paid for by the County Council.
The high-cost cover functions as a discount staircase where you get a greater discount the higher the costs you have had for drugs within the drug benefit. With each new purchase, you start where you were after the previous purchase and climb further up the ladder.
When you have paid SEK 2,850 for your medicines during a 12-month period, you are entitled to a free card for the remainder of this 12-month period. The free card applies to medicines included in the benefit.
Medicine
You are entitled to receive reimbursement for medication that, in accordance with the law, is subject to a patient’s cost ceiling within a one-year limit for medical care and medicine under the health service. To receive compensation, you must be employed at Stockholm University and the purchase of medicines must be made during the period of employment.
Please note that during holidays abroad, no compensation is paid by the university for medicine.
Medicinal products intended for purchase in 2023
Receipts for medicines (prescription specifications relating to the year 2023) from the pharmacy must have been received in original as soon as possible, at the very latest by March 31, 2024, to your payroll officer at the Human Resources Office.
Staple your prescription specification onto an A4-piece of paper and write your name and social security number. Receipts may be a maximum of 6 months from the date of purchase.
Medicines that relate to purchases from 2024
According to the conditional agreement Chapter 12. 7 §, a request for reimbursement for medicines may only be made on one occasion for each individual calendar year.
A summary of medicines taken during 2024 must be received by the Payroll Section no later than 31 January 2025.
- Go to Läkemedelskollen on the Swedish eHealth Agency's website and log in with your bank ID.
- Under the menu, select "Prescriptions and high-cost protection" and then "Save and print".
- Produce the extract "High-cost protection".
- Save as a PDF and e-mail the digital document to loneadm@pa.su.se.
Please note that reimbursement for medicines can only be requested on one occasion for each individual calendar year. Therefore, be careful not to submit your claim prematurely if you want to be able to claim reimbursement for any additional medical expenses incurred during the same calendar year.
Upon termination of employment, the request for reimbursement must be received by the Payroll Section no later than your last day of employment. You can only be reimbursed for medicines purchased during your employment at Stockholm University.