Marina Margaryan, a member of “Tsarukyan” Alliance, at today’s NA special session which issue on the agenda is election of the RA Prime Minister asked Nikol Pashinyan:

“Today, we have a lot of worrying problems in the field of healthcare in our country, but you have not touched upon the meeting with the factions and your speeches. These issues relate to the types of prescription and drug release, the introduction of a healthcare system, free medical care, and unfair distribution within the scope of the state order. In the conditions of these problems, the budget of healthcare sector was reduced by 5 billion drams in 2018, which is problematic. What kind of reforms do you consider in the field of healthcare and in general I would like to know your vision of the health care?”

Nikol Pashinyan said that it is a fact that a disgraceful situation has been established in the health sector. “For already long time we face the situation when citizens cannot get a service that is vital for a person who has not been registered for months. Generally speaking, healthcare issues are related to 3 directions. The first is efficiency, secondly, corruption risks, and the third is the limited financial resources. I consider that in the case of not solving even one of these three directions, we will not solve the problem. We see the possibility that the state budget will increase by 30 percent in the near future. This means that budgetary spending can be increased proportionately, including in the healthcare system. Related to prescriptions. This problem is often discussed lately, and it is not a secret that it creates certain problems. But we have to admit that without a prescription system, is what it should be. Drug control should be adequate. “

Speaking about health insurance, he said: “Health insurance can become available. We have to make decisions and mechanisms in a careful, rather than hasty way, but to plan in detail, and examine them.”