published Sunday 09 September 2012 at 07:05
Courier Romagna San Marino: Healthcare, cuts of 10 million in two yearsi / This is the cut provided for by annex "Z" of the Finance Law. Drugs in focus
SAN MARINO. The crisis also mows down San Marino doctors: cuts of 3 million euros are envisaged for the public health budget for 2013, and almost 7 million for 2014. This is what is envisaged in annex "Z" of the latest Budget law, but still not translated into operational decrees with a real "spending review" of San Marino health care. The fact is that, in one way or another, the money will be less and less for the next two years and the Health Consultation which met last Friday, has begun to question itself about the difficulties. «There are no precise indications on how to intervene – explains the administrative director of the ISS, Lorenzo Venturini -. The Institute will therefore intervene in its policy of providing services at the same cost levels as before». Trying, it is implied, to cut down on small wastes without affecting health services. The reality is that since 2008 there has been no health plan, the last one was drawn up in 2005 and related to the following three years: the assessment of health policy is more urgent than ever in order to aim exactly at waste. But, without precise indications, where and how to strike?
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