Current Affairs Social Democrat aim to “abolish” health fees in regional hospitals raises practitioners’ ire
Health care fees of 30, 60 and 90 crowns introduced earlier this year at Czech surgeries, hospitals, and emergency wards have remained a major issue among many Czechs and came to the forefront in last week’s regional elections. In the run-up to the vote, the Social Democrats – who trounced the ruling parties - promised to “abolish” fees for patients at regional hospitals by covering expenditures from regional coffers. But it turns out keeping that promise may not be such a good idea.
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