KYIV. June 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The bill entitled “Budget Policy Basics for 2018-2020” (Budget Resolution) provides for the annual allocation of UAH 1 billion for the government program on reimbursement of medicines.
“Aimed at increasing affordability of healthcare it is foreseen to support the implementation of the national medicine reimbursement program. It is planned to send UAH 1 billion each year in 2018-2020,” Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
He also said that the healthcare reform is fully backed with funds.
“We have changed the focus of the budget financing from maintaining budget-sustained institutions to financing high quality services. I want to tell all skeptics that the medial reform has enough financial resources,” Danyliuk said.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that at present 1.4 million citizens use the Affordable Medicine program.
