The right to social security is a right that falls into constitutional category. In Slovenia it is implemented through a system of social insurances, which, among others, also include obligatory health insurance and parental care insurance. In this master thesis, I present the right to social security from the perspective of people with diabetes. Patients with diabetes can exercise most of their rights on the ground of Health Care and Health Insurance Act and Rules on Compulsory Health Insurance. Diabetes patients can obtain most of medical aids needed for diabetes treatment and handling free of charge and covered in full by obligatory health insurance. The same applies for medical treatment expenses and rehabilitation after developed diabetes forms as well as for the drugs from the so-called positive list that are necessary for diabetes treatment. According to obligatory health insurance, persons with diabetes can additionally exercise certain other rights that do not only apply to patients with diabetes, but relate to other health conditions, too. Families with children who have diabetes can exercise specific rights based on parental health insurance specifically due to diabetes in their children. A family with a child who has diabetes is furthermore entitled to a family allowance, namely, a childcare allowance.
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