Annotation

The article discusses the issues of recovery of losses in the form of funds spent on the purchase of medicines, which should be provided to certain categories of citizens for free. Depending on the reasons and circumstances of the patient's failure to receive medications, the appropriate plaintiffs and defendants for such claims are determined. The possibility of recovering damages by family members and heirs of the patient who incurred the costs of purchasing medications on their behalf is argued. The article highlights the specific elements of the legal structure of compensation for damages (causation, fault), arising from the social nature of relations regarding subsidized drug provision.