Medicine Co-payment (Comparticipação) in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Four Escalões, the Reference-Price Trap, the Low-Income Pensioner Regime and the Thirty-Five Disease Schemes
Why the same prescription costs two euros one month and thirty the next. The four co-payment tiers, how the reference price quietly shifts the bill onto you, the 12,180 euro pensioner threshold, and the letter on your prescription that is worth fifteen percentage points.
