Fibromyalgia ignites regional political debate after the approval of the first budget variation of the legislature. "The law approved by the Todde majority was poorly and roughly written - says Fausto Piga - their only goal was to spite the center-right, but in reality they spited thousands of Sardinian fibromyalgia sufferers".
"The law voted by the chamber after the heated debate - explains Piga - cancels, starting from 2024, the regional fibromyalgia allowance conceived in the last legislature by the centre-right and in its place provides for a contribution of a maximum amount of 800 euros to be paid after reporting the health expenses incurred and therefore paid in advance out of pocket".
"Written like this, it is a rule that will create many problems and that is why I opposed it in the chamber - continues Piga - in the meantime, the reporting risks penalizing patients who cannot advance the expenses, while counting only the health expenses will penalize patients who significantly alleviate the symptoms even with experimental or alternative therapies".
"We hope that the majority will backtrack or if they really have to cancel our regional fibromyalgia allowance, they will do so from 2025, to avoid having to redo the current applications already submitted in 2024 - concludes Piga - furthermore, if you want to apply the principle of reporting, you need to take into account that the law needs to be rewritten, the one approved is inapplicable, because the applications should be submitted at the end of the year and no longer by April 30 unless the intention is to skip a year".
(Online Union)
