Candidate for the Cashier's boss: My professional experience has made me a pressure resistant

« I have never been politically addicted, I have not been a party member or a sympathizer, I have always been guided only by my conscience. I was in the health ministry for a year and a half, and there the deputy ministers are even shorter than the health fund managers. » This was commented on during a hearing at the Resort Commission the only candidate for manager of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Petko Stefanovski. The answer came after a question from the MP from « We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria » Vasil Pandov, who asked Stefanovski would have the courage and integrity to make independent decisions as a manager of the NHIF.

Restoration of dialogue

To restore the dialogue with the professional organizations promised the candidate for the head of the cashier. « I will be guided entirely by the principle of contractual beginning, that is, nothing will be accepted or promoted without first discussing the professional organizations until we reach the point that satisfies everyone, » the only candidate for the Health Insurance Fund commented during the hearing.

Yesterday in a position to the media by the Bulgarian Medical Association (BLS) and the organizations of all hospitals in the country threatened with protests if the proposed mechanism for control of the macro -frame in the draft budget of the cashier was adopted. It is envisaged that the NHIF will be able to reduce the cost of clinical pathways in the middle of the year if it detects the cost of hospital care.

Stefanovski listed several of his priorities if he heads the cash register:

« A basic principle in medicine is that prevention is an investment in citizens' health. Prevention and screening will significantly reduce the cost of subsequent treatment in the established disease, » Stefanovski said.