New Health Care Subsidies Ahead In Hungary

  • 14 Dec 2010 12:10 AM
New Health Care Subsidies Ahead In Hungary
"Family doctors who provide basic health care for homeless people will receive Ft 1.7 billion in additional state subsidies, possibly before the end of the year, state health secretary Miklos Szocska announced last week.

He said doctors will be paid Ft 200,000 each, while centres providing health care for homeless people will receive an extra Ft 1.5 million and dentists Ft 130,000.

The payments are made possible partly by a surplus in payments from pharmaceutical distributors."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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