Source: 24 Chasa, Bulgaria, November 22
On November 18, Bulgaria’s Healthcare Minister Peter Moskov announced a healthcare reform in which all state insured patients will receive a limited package of medical services.
It looks like Moskov has been playing too many computer games, because his reform is suspiciously similar to the notorious first-person shooter games where you fight against various opponents and have several lives. Once you’ve used up all your lives it’s “Game over!”
Now this is how it will be in real life. For example, you get two times pneumonia, eight times the flu and one breast cancer on the house. But what if someone has the temerity to get infected with Ebola? Who’s going to foot the bill? Or what about those who have the cheek to have a chronic disease?…
They’ll have no choice but to put out ads like: “Swap three times pneumonia and a flu treatment for a course of radiotherapy.”
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Well, yes: easy to poke fun. But if you’re running a poor nation with a lousy economy and therefore very limited resources, you need to make tough decisions. Looks as if the Bulgarian government has made some.
Compare and contrast with Canada, a rich country with a strong economy. Our government will never admit that it can’t provide all things to all people while cutting taxes at the same time. Perhaps our first prescription should be a dose of reality.