Until now Spain's elderly have been entitled to free prescriptions but under new measures unveiled on Wednesday they must now pay 10pc of the cost of the medicines. The news has come as a blow to a sector of society who feel they have paid their dues and are already struggling to make ends meet. "It's outrageous," fumed Julian Rodriquez at a public health centre in Madrid, a 77-year-old retiree who supports his wife on a pension of €900 a month. "We've already tightened our belts as much as we can. When you reach a certain age it doesn't cost less to live but we have to survive on less amid rising prices." He explains that after price hikes on fuel bills brought in this month – electricity bills rose by 7pc and gas by 5pc – there is little left over.
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