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Almost 380 000 Bulgarians have lost their health insurance rights

Thu, Jan 28 2010 12:13 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Almost 380 000 Bulgarians have lost their health insurance rights

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Almost 380 000 Bulgarians have lost their health insurance rights, Bulgarian Focus news agency quoted National Revenue Agency officials as saying on January 28 2010.

This means that these people would not be able to use free-of-charge medical services.

On January 29 2010, the NRA was to publish information on its website about how much these individuals would have to pay in health insurance contributions to restore their rights.

On February 1 2010, NRA was expected to provide more detailed information on the number of regular payers of health insurance contributions, Focus news agency said.

According to some media reports the 380 000 people add to about a million Bulgarians who fail to pay their health insurance contributions.

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Anonymous dimitris grammenos Mon, Feb 01 2010 08:44 CET
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That is not a joke,byt things like that happen in all EEC contries.

Anonymous peter Fri, Jan 29 2010 18:45 CET
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Health care? What good is health care if pensioners already die because the money they get is too much to die from but not enough for living? Government doesn't give a shit what happens. People in government don't need to go to public hospitals, they stole enough money so they can go to decent and clean private hospitals.

Anonymous Under the Covers Thu, Jan 28 2010 18:49 CET
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It is disgraceful in a modern European country that anyone should have access to healthcare removed.

One of glories of England is the NHS which proves healthcare free to all.

If there is anything that a government should provide it is healthcare. If they can't they might as well shut up shop and go home.


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