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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-07-02
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[01] Health minister: No more cuts in health sector, with troika agreement
[01] Health minister: No more cuts in health sector, with troika agreement
ANA-MPA - There can be no further cuts in the health sector - and
the troika representatives agree, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis
said on Tuesday, following a review of his ministry by the visiting
representatives of Greece's lenders.
"We came to full agreement," Georgiadis said. "The issue is that there
can be no more budget cuts in health, as we agreed that we had reached
the lowest possible limit. I think we inaugurated a good collaboration
to move quickly to reforms," he added.
Discussion on prior actions went very well, he said, with no pending
issues.
Asked what he planned to do with the fiscal gap in the national
health system (EOPYY), Georgiadis said, "The measure is known, we have
announced it. For now, we will have a 'claw back', but we are moving to
its restructure the soonest possible, so that it may operate on private
business criteria and we may do away with uncontrolled expenditures. It
is important to respect the Greek people's money to the last euro."
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