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User fees for pensioners should not be increased, but a way should be found that they are compensated. To increase the tax for the rest of the people is also not a solution. He indicated that in most European states there is alleviation for seniors. To say nothing that there are states where they have […]

There is a possibility that the user tax pensioners pay when visiting their GP will stay 1 BGN. The Ministry of Finance intends to not pay GPs the funds with which to cover the difference up to 2.90 BGN as is the regular user fee next year. This was announced by the chairman of the […]

Issued on paper forms will no longer be valid From the beginning of next year doctors will submit electronically medical sick notes in the National Social Security Institute (NSSI) and after December 31, issued hospital paper forms will not be valid. This was announced last week by the Institute. The reason for the change is […]

Beta-blockers are an indispensable element of drug therapy in heart failure (HF). Several multicenter trials have confirmed the beneficial effects of some of them on the survival, hospitalizations, morbidity, and the various clinical aspects of this disease. The treatment with beta-blockers reduces hospitalizations (total and cardiovascular in HF), improves the functional class and leads to […]

Interview with Nikolay Hadjidonchev, Chairman of the Bulgarian Generic Pharmaceutical Association “BGPharmA” For two years you are fighting to get a precise breakdown of costs for medicines by the health insurance fund, more precisely this is normal request for transparency. Have the NHIF or the Health Ministry shown will during this period? There should be […]