Parliament finally accepted the health fund to have a budget of BGN 9.4 billion.
And at second reading, Parliament adopted the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund with the support of the ruling majority (GERB, BSP, « There is such a people », Ahmed Dogan's MRF) and « MRF-New Home » of Delyan Peevski. The NHIF will have BGN 9.452 billion.
This is over BGN 1.2 billion. With the adoption of the budget, medicines for viral infections and antibiotics for children up to 7 years will be paid by the Health Insurance Fund from July 1.
The Health Fund will have BGN 9.4 billion according to the draft budget
MP Vasil Pandov of « We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria » commented from the rostrum of parliament that their proposal to increase the funds for primary outpatient and specialized assistance had not met support, although Ahmed Dogan's MRF -DPS also had a similar proposal.
« Maybe here we should ask the Lord of the Protection of People's Interests of Mr. Peevski to stand behind the release of more money for prevention and prevention
Vasil Pandov.
Dimo Drenchev from Vazrajdane also commented on the podium that the problem is not in the lack of funds, there was enough money for everything, but in the structure of these costs. According to him, the BGN 2.5 billion allocated for medicines, medical devices and dietary foods go to the « pharmacy of the mafia ». « There are no reforms, » he said, adding that « we see from the same thing. »
| Among the measures proposed by the DB, which have not been adopted are: monthly publication of the costs of the NHIF, sending notifications to all patients when paid funds for their treatment by the NHIF, and the introduction of public procurement for private hospitals. |
« The health fund's resource must be kept, we cannot allow no public procurement, » commented Martin Dimitrov of « Continuing Change – Democratic Bulgaria ». He added that without auction, the prices of medicines covered by the NHIF are 9 times more expensive in private hospitals than the same medicines purchased by state hospitals when a public procurement was made. He commented that as early as 2020, Kiril Ananiev of GERB, who, as the Minister of Health, proposes the introduction of public procurement for private hospitals, but « inside the government this is stopped. » During the Denkov Cabinet, when the coalition filed the proposal, it was rejected to a second vote with the votes of GERB and « Revival ». Margarita Mahaeva from Vazrajdane opposed that they did not support the proposal at the time because it was legal bankrupt.
For a crushed stone and Bulgarian private hospitals with predominantly state revenue
Bozhidar Bozhanov from « We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria » also said that if public procurement is introduced in private hospitals, it will save about BGN 100 million a year from medicines. According to Nadezhda Yordanova, in « sustainable refusal » to accept the simple rule that private hospitals with predominantly public funding cannot be an exception to the Public Procurement Act, conceals corruption practices.
