2024-08-07 08:13:19
“I think a broad discussion is needed. A public agreement is required. The pre-election period is probably not the most appropriate time to talk about it,” A. Pečkauskas told reporters on Tuesday.
According to him, the increase in PSD contributions is inevitable in order to respond to the growing public expectations for the health system.
“In future political cycles, it will be necessary to discuss where to seek additional funding for the health system. Be it tax decisions or other decisions, consensus in society is necessary. Those decisions will inevitably come. Our society’s expectations of the health system are growing. The expectations are similar to those in the countries of Old Europe, but the financing of our health system is half as much as in those countries,” said the new minister.
In an interview with Elta at the beginning of July, the now-retiring Minister of Health A. Dulkys said that the new government, despite the growing financial needs for national defense, will have to take up the issue of increasing PSD contributions. According to him, this should be done in the first half of the next term of the Government.
Frederiks Janson, the president’s chief advisor, criticized these warnings of A. Dulkis to the new government. He questioned why the minister did not address this problem during his tenure.
2024-08-07 08:13:19