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Dr. Moscov announced that the number of doctors who wished to work abroad had decreased. The Bulgarian Ministry of Health is trying to stop the brain-drain of our doctors abroad. The state will pay the fees of the “most sought-after” specializing doctors. Earlier this year, the Ministry removed paid specialization. The new rules did not […]

In order to restore their health insurance, citizens would have to pay the required past due contributions to the NHIF for the past five years, decided the members of the Parliamentary Health Committee during the second reading of the amendments to the Health Insurance Act. The text proposed by the Government which provided that period […]

Individual electronic health cards and electronic prescriptions would be a fact at the beginning of 2016 – assured the Minister of Health Dr. Peter Moskov. “Every insured Bulgarian citizen will have his or her individual package for outpatient care, matched to their age and condition,” he explained. Moscov emphasized that the country woul seek to […]

The current healthcare system financing methods in Bulgaria have put more people at risk of poverty, was noted in the World Bank report of May 12, 2015, which performed a systematic analysis of our country. It discussed the major problems of our healthcare and made a few recommendations.   According to the report, about 8% […]

The members of the Parliamentary Health Committee approved the restoration of the arbitration committees. This happened during a meeting last Thursday, when the amendments to the Health Insurance Act were adopted at second reading. The final vote on the Act in the plenary chamber lies ahead. The MPs debated whether Regional Health Inspection representatives should […]