Pros and Cons of Gov't Healthcare Reform Plan.

(From Polish News Bulletin)

The present healthcare system perpetuates the chronic indebtedness of public hospitals and clinics. This situation results from the fact that the debts incurred by the hospitals are repaid by the local authorities or the state. The sector's debts were already repaid several times by the authorities but always grew back; at present, they amount to around ZL9bn, and both the ruling camp and the opposition agree that the situation requires changes. The idea of how to end the indebtedness of public healthcare once and for all was proposed several years ago, when the power was still in the hands of Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), by then Deputy …