Three days before the elections, the focus of the cabinet continues to be the protection of the honest vote, because there is no greater threat to a country and a society than the trade in democracy. This was stated by acting Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov at the beginning of today's government meeting, quoted by BNT.
"Unfortunately, this is not the only market in which the Bulgarian citizen has been turned into a means of profit. There is another, quieter, more inconspicuous, but no less dangerous, and that is the trade in health. In one case, votes are bought to win mandates, and in the other, the weaknesses of a broken system are used to fill party coffers. And again, the price is paid by Bulgarian citizens - not only with health contributions, but literally with health itself", the Prime Minister pointed out.
"It turns out that while doctors and nurses quite consciously expect more funds, the system is designed in such a way that it is drained and with this money there is no opportunity to help Bulgarian citizens. The Minister of Health, Assoc. Prof. Okoliyski, reported to me about hospitals that use loopholes in the law - not to treat better, but to earn more. For example, a hospital in which a medicine costs 23,000 leva, and in another place - 125,000 leva. The difference is a new car. This is just from one medicine, just from one patient. You can imagine – from all the patients this means an entire car fleet", noted Gyurov.
In his words, the saddest thing about the whole story is that this turns out to be completely legal. At the same time, the Bulgarian patient is in first place in Europe in co-payment for healthcare. And this is no coincidence – this is a system that allows profiting from the pain and health of Bulgarian citizens, he added.
"In that case, the problem is not only economic, not only financial, not even just a political problem. This is a moral problem. And this is a red line that Bulgarian society said could no longer be crossed. That is exactly why we are here, in this building, and that is why we have snap elections in three days. So let it be clear – "If there is really a possibility that this problem can be resolved with one sentence, a change in one regulation or several regulations, then they should be written, they should be proposed here and I expect this to happen as soon as possible," Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov also emphasized.