Original sentence: An HC2 certificate can be applied for by those on a low income or in receipt of Incapacity Benefit.Claimants of Income Based Jobseeker's Allowance, Income Support and Employment and Support Allowance automatically receive free prescriptions.Each item can cover any prescribed item in a very large or very small quantity according to the prescription.However, medical practitioners can prescribe a maximum three month supply of the medication in order for it to be covered under the NHS.If a medical practitioner wishes to prescribe a supply in excess of three months, the prescriber must write a separate, private prescription for the balance of the medication supply in excess of three months for which the patient must pay the actual price as charged by the pharmacist.In 2010, these were £104 for 12 months, or £28.25 for 3 months.NHS prescriptions can also be written for certain medical items.This means that the patients perceived value of the charge can vary enormously - the actual cost of the medicine given out may vary from a few pence to hundreds of pounds
Edited sentence: An HC2 certificate can be applied for by – although is not automatically granted to – those on a low income or in receipt of incapacity benefit.Claimants of "Income Based Jobseekers Allowance" and "Income Support" "Income Related Employment and Support Allowance" automatically receive free prescriptions and dentistry.Each "item" can cover any prescribed item in a very large or very small quantity according to the prescribers' prescription.However, medical practitioners can prescribe a maximum three-month supply of the medication in order for it to be covered under the NHS.If a medical practitioner wishes to prescribe a supply in excess of three months, the prescriber must write a separate, private prescription for the balance of the medication supply over three months which the patient must pay full-price for.In 2010, these are £104 for 12 months, or £28.25 for 3 months.NHS prescriptions can also be written for certain items.This means that the patients perceived "value" of the charge varies enormously - the actual cost of the medicine given out will routinely vary from a few pence to hundreds of pounds