MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (No. MRCC 44/2013)
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21 Financial responsibility
(1) In respect of each Pharmaceutical benefit provided to an Eligible Person under this Scheme, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for:
(a) subject to (b) all of the dispensed price but the co‑payment that would be payable by the person if the person were a concessional beneficiary; or
Note 1: (a) deems the person to be a concessional beneficiary for the purposes of working out the co‑payment.
Note 2: co‑payments not covered by the the MRCA supplement, pension supplement or veterans supplement or war widow/war widower pension may be reimbursed under Part 5A up to the safety net amount for a person.
(b) if the safety net applies to the person, all of the dispensed price.