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The policy of the government, which is based on the logic of cost-benefit, which considers the health of the people as a cost and supports the private sector with a lot of money, was denounced by Thanasis Pafilis, parliamentary representative of the KKE, speaking in the debate held in the Plenary of the Parliament on the bill of the Ministry of Health entitled "for the strengthening of the National Health System and the monitoring and evaluation of pharmaceutical expenditure" He noted that while government ministers like Mr. Voridis invoke the budgetary commitments for the reduced funds in Health, the other urban parties agree and do not say a word, since they bow to the EU policy that mandates reduced health spending. With specific data, the communist MP demonstrated the reduction of health expenditures by the state and the increase of money paid by the people and popular families to have health services. "You don't have money for Health, but you have slaughterhouses for NATO," he noted characteristically, adding that at the same time that the government is reducing funds for health, it gives 500 thousand euros every day for the stay of the Greek frigate in the Red Sea. The situation is similar in the Pharmaceutical sector, stating that in the period 2009-2022, public expenditure decreased by 50% and private expenditure increased by 77%, while prices increased by 357% in 400 medicines. "This is who you work for, you steal from the world and give it to the pharmaceutical manufacturers" pointed out Th. Pafilis. He described the free evening surgeries advertised by the government as a smoke screen to pave the way for paid evening surgeries. He complained that the government's propaganda is reactionary when it tells the people, "Better to have expensive medicine than none at all," "Better to have expensive heating than none at all," "Don't ask for a raise in order to don't be unemployed" and noted that all governments use the same pretexts of "rationalization", "housekeeping" and "fighting polypharmacy" to promote the commercialization and privatization of Health. See here: https://www.902.gr/eidisi/voyli/38043... ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------- 902.gr: https://www.902.gr KKE: https://www.kke.gr KNE: https://www.kne.gr Rizospastis: https://www. rizospastis.gr Guide: https://www.odigitis.gr Communist Review: https://www.komep.gr Contemporary Epoch Publications: https://sep.gr