Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards will be able to benefit from free glasses and contact lenses from 2025 thanks to the latest aid from the Social security. People benefiting from this initiative will have to meet a series of conditions to aspire to this type of subsidies which will be part of the national health system in Spain from next year. Everything will be confirmed when published in the Official State Gazette. From there, a program already carried out in other countries in the region will be carried out. European Union as France or Germany.
Glasses and contact lenses will be free in Spain from next year 2025. Depending on the economic situation and the age of the person, the reduction will be greater or less, but everything indicates that for the next year, it will be made official through the Official State Gazette an initiative that will impact millions of Spaniards.
This was confirmed by Mónica García, Minister of Health, who clarified that the government has been working for months on this initiative, the conditions and requirements of which are unknown. “I think this is something we agree on from a social and political point of view. It is not possible that the vision or oral health system is not included in the national health system and we will work hard to make this a reality in 2025,” he said at the time.
The minister of Health placed vulnerable people and children as the people to whom this aid will be intended, which will be part of the public subsidies of the National health system in Spain. “We want to start with the most vulnerable people and those who have the least opportunity to access this right. And also for the more infantile populations, who have sort of a greater turnover or a greater expenditure in this regard. But we are studying it with all the actors,” said Mónica García.
Free glasses and contact lenses in Spain
This initiative, which will come into force from 2025, will give respite to the pockets of Spaniards who pay on average 197 euros for prescription glasses with frames. Concerning contact lenses, the average cost is 120 euros. Visual health problems affect 55.3% of young people aged 18 to 34 and 62.3% of university students. If in the young population it exceeds 50%, this percentage increases when we talk about the older population.
However, in Europe They focused on the youngest as the main beneficiaries of this aid. For example, in France, those over 16 can renew their glasses for free every two years, while in Germany, glasses and contact lenses are free for those under 18. Adults who have serious vision problems can also take advantage of these great discounts. Regarding United Kingdom There are also attractive discounts to access these basic tools for people with visual health problems.
Conditions and requirements
When this help from Social security be official in the Official State Gazette The conditions and requirements for free access to contact lenses and glasses will be known. Taking into account the line followed by the rest of the countries of Europe, everything indicates that this aid will go to minors who belong to families close to vulnerability and to adults who have serious vision problems and who demonstrate that they do not have no income to be able to cope. this investment.
Becoming official from 2025, the Ministry of Health This will open a channel for the millions of Spaniards who need it to access this aid which will provide economic respite to the hundreds of thousands of citizens who are experiencing economic difficulties. Even if Pedro Sanchez If it is said that the Spanish economy runs like a rocket, the truth is that the high cost of daily living harms millions of working Spaniards. This is perhaps the worst summary of today’s Spain, in which those who are registered as employees suffer economic difficulties.
