IHSS Patients Buy Their Own Medicine Amid Supply Delays

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 26, 2026 · Originally reported July 25, 2026 by Once Noticias

Social Security patients are paying L3,000 to L6,000 a month (about $120 to $240) out of pocket for medications and supplies because of treatment delays, with chronic and cancer patients hardest hit by administrative backlogs and shortages.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Once Noticias, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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