The members of the services basket committee will begin today with a concluding round of discussions in which about 200 medicines and technologies that they rated as extremely important and vital to patients will be discussed. Among the medications: medications for cancer patients, migraines, obesity prevention, genetic testing and more.
About 850 medications and technologies were submitted to the health services basket this year, with a total cost of more than NIS 3 billion. The amount of the budget intended for expanding the basket is set at NIS 550 million.