The Greek Government will dismantle the public health system
- The Greek Government has decided to annul the public health system: it has adopted a new system that will allow a large number of officials to be dismissed and primary care to be privatised.
The new model to be implemented will be the National Health System (NHS). As a result, some 8,500 workers will be suspended from their contracts, some of which will be recontracted and others will be dismissed. The new system will function as a health insurance company and will buy services from self-employed providers (ambulance, doctors, diagnostic centers, clinics…). In other words, it will leave the doors of privatisation open.
In order to dismiss the 11,000 officials ordered by the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union Troika (EU), the Greek Government is dismantling the institutions: They closed public television – and fired 2,500 workers – the Municipal Police, 50 Vocational Training specialties, hospitals and educational centers, in order to be able to legally expel officials and officials. Within this strategy we must place the decision to dismantle the public health system and to implement a new model.
In addition, the Greek Government’s 2014 budget will reduce the amount earmarked for Osasuna by EUR 700 million and will not allocate a single euro to care for those who do not have health insurance. Today, 30% of Greeks do not have health insurance because they have been unemployed for more than a year.
Since the beginning of the economic crisis, material resources, medicines and workers have been declining in Greek public health, with a policy of brutal cuts, such as a 40% reduction in hospital investment, and studies show that the consequences are being serious for the population. Among other things, the number of sick and infected people has increased in recent years and mental illness has also increased considerably among the Greeks.
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