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Medicine prescribed billions

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Main News

Verkhovna Rada took up the bill on the introduction in Ukraine of compulsory public health insurance. According to the document, it is planned to be implemented in four phases. Pay contributions to both employers and employees. The authors estimate the bill, mandatory medstrahovanie give medicine to Ukrainian UAH 25 billion a year.

Yesterday, before the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health received the bill on the financing of health care and mandatory social health insurance in Ukraine. According to the document, mandatory state medstrahovanie planned for the four phases. In the first phase are invited to insure the 16 million employed people. In doing so, the premiums will be paid by the employer in the amount of 1,5-2% of the monthly payroll of the company, a self-employed contributions will provide local budgets at the expense of the single tax. The rate of single tax in this case would be increased depending on the size of the premium.

As reported by one of the sponsors of the bill, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Tatiana Bahteeva (Party of Regions), the first phase of medstrahovaniya takes about three years. According to her, at this stage is scheduled to approve the state program of social health insurance, containing a list of medical services to insured citizens can take for free in all public and community health facilities.

As reported by Mrs. Bahteeva, the development of such a list would be vested in the Ministry of Health.
The second phase also includes the introduction of payment of insurance premiums on the earnings of citizens employed in the amount of 30-35 UAH per month. Self-employed will pay twice as much. In the third stage, the authors of the draft plan to the state budget through the insurance of children, pensioners, soldiers and the unemployed. And on the fourth - the amount of insurance for employers and employees will be reduced to 3-4% of monthly payroll, and revenue officers.

As noted by Tatiana Bahteeva funds from insurance premiums, will accumulate in a specially created fund health insurance. To avoid corruption, the fund will be directly controlled and monitored by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Verkhovna Rada, - she explained.

It is estimated

authors document the medstrahovanie will further our medicine UAH 24-25 billion per year. Because in the current year to the health of all allocated 32 billion UAH - is a significant sum for the industry, - stressed Ms Bahteeva. According to her, had already signed the bill yesterday, members of her committee, representing all factions of Verkhovna Rada.

This document is support in the Ministry of Health. For the first time, insurance and finance are considered together, that this bill differs from the previous ones. It also describes the system of cash flow that can be clarified by legislative acts, - said Deputy Health Minister Igor Yakovenko. Notably, the bills of this kind has previously been submitted to the Parliament. In particular, the Verkhovna Rada of IV convocation of such instruments in the third reading nedobral just 15 votes.

At the same time, the general director of Association of the insurance business Ludmila Beloshitskaya believes that payment of insurance benefits through the health insurance fund can cause discomfort with customers. In the experience of the social insurance fund is known, often very difficult to obtain reparation: long collected the documents and paid the money, - she explained.

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