healthcare

In the penultimate month of the year, the Bulgarian media again actively sought the expertise of the authors of the EKIP. Particular attention was paid to the topic of “urban planning” on the occasion of the report “Urban Planning Policy in Sofia” published at the beginning of the month with recommendations for improving urban planning policy. The problems with parking were commented on by our chairman Stoyan …

Main picture This year, healthcare spending increased by another 490 million leva, with the NHIF budget reaching 4.35 billion leva. As every year, the budget increases, with the percentage change compared to the previous year 2018 being 11%. This year, there is no change in the insurance burden, with health insurance remaining at 8%. This should not reassure …

When we talk about health, does more money equal better quality? How accessible is medical care in Bulgaria? What are the useful moves before the institutions? The state of the system Questions like the above have been asked annually, and this year marks twenty years since the beginning of the reform. A beginning that is not …

The month was marked by the extremely high activity of our health economist Arkadi Sharkov in the media. Currently, a deep public debate is underway in our country regarding the problems in the healthcare system and the necessary reforms that can solve them. Sharkov and others took an active part in this debate in all possible ways …

Over the past month, the TEAM has actively participated in public debates on a number of topics, the most key of which were healthcare, the economy of Bulgaria and Europe, and the international situation. Healthcare Our Deputy Chairman and health expert Arkadi Sharkov has been extremely active in the public space over the past month and has touched on the various problems of healthcare in Bulgaria. …

In recent weeks, the main topics on which the EKIP made a number of appearances in the media were related to Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone, the proposed bans on the advertising and distribution of lottery games, and the "Freedom for Hemp" protest march on the need to decriminalize marijuana in the country. Dimitar Karagegov, as the organizer of …

Uncontrollably growing budget for medicines Over the past few years, the growth in the cost of medicines paid by the NHIF has been between 15-20% on an annual basis. In 2018, the costs reached 1 billion, and the primary reaction of the institutions was the so-called limitation of payment for innovative medicines, entitled "moratorium", which fell ...

What are the critical points that the healthcare system will face by the end of 2018? Over the past few months, we have witnessed a number of scandals in the healthcare sector and an unceasing whirlpool of ideas, proposals and policies that, after an attempt to be put into practice, are rejected by the system in every possible way and …

02:11 - The tragic story of Alfie Evans 13:30 - Media freedom around the world and in our country: What are the problems of the media environment in Bulgaria? Links: The story of Alfie Evans Reporters Without Borders data Problems with the Reporters Without Borders ranking Map of the media environment in Bulgaria (infographic) March …

What happens when a country has a limited public resource for healthcare that has no clear owner? Quite simply – it is distributed according to the needs of certain market players, and the entire system starts bidding for a piece of it. What happens? This is also the case with …