The provision of health care in Slovakia will not be endangered in any case, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) said on Monday in response to the lower payment for the state's policyholders this year.
The head of the Health Ministry as well as the Finance Ministry confirmed that if it is proven that the third wave of the pandemic does not cause such a massive outflow of health care, it will continuously fund all provided health care.
The Finance Ministry also said that the state continuously ensures sufficient financing in accordance with the Health Insurance Act and always looks at total expenditures in health care depending on economic development.
With regards to the latest tax prognosis, payments for the state's policyholders should be reduced by €232 million to €1.2 billion, several sources independent from each other have confirmed for TASR. The state pays health-insurance premiums, for example, for pensioners, children, students, women on maternity leave and the unemployed.
