Ternopil oblast: financing of the program "Affordable medicine" will be increased by UAH 200 million
Changes to the State budget of Ukraine for 2017 include an increase in funding for the program "Affordable medicine" by UAH 200 million. This was during a conference call announced by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko. "I want to inform you that in accordance with amendments to the state Budget of Ukraine program "Affordable medicine" will be further financed by UAH 200 million. It reaffirms all of its obligations to the pharmacies we perform on time and in full," he said. Reference: The government of Vladimir Groisman began a program of "Affordable drugs" in April this year to address one of the key objectives is to improve the welfare of Ukrainians and the lengthening of life expectancy in Ukraine. The program provides free medicines or reimbursement of the cost of medicines from cardiovascular disease, asthma and diabetes. A financing source - means of the State budget, and, as noted by the Head of the Government, the program is quite affordable to the state. Now, Oradour, and at the suggestion of the Head of the Government, to calculate the possibility of expanding the program and introducing to it a wider range of drugs. The government constantly monitors the operation of the program, responding quickly to all cases of failure to perform or improper execution of governmental orders. In may Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman has instructed the Vice-Prime Minister Paul Rozenko and VA. Health Minister Uliana Suprun, together with the heads of local authorities to continually review the status of implementation of the program "Affordable medicine" to identify problematic issues and propose solutions. If necessary, the Prime Minister instructed to conduct a conference call. Now the government program "Affordable medicine" attended 6200 pharmacies that financed more than 3 million 600 thousand recipes. "Despite all the skepticism we hear from screens of TVs, we can confidently say that the government program "Affordable medicine" is valid and is gaining momentum," - said Vice Prime Minister. This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/