In a joint statement, PIS and CIF, "once again sound the alarm so that we act before it is too late to defend transparency and the healthy functioning of the General Health Insurance Scheme, in the interest of the entire Cypriot society".
They ask "what are those services, lawsuits, etc. that are not covered by the GESY and what is the final amount that employees have to pay to ensure their health and where is this money channelled?"
According to PIS and CIF, "conducting a short and simple survey on the amounts paid by Cypriots for their health care raised more questions than answers."
The questions concern the contribution to the Health Insurance Organisation, which is paid by all employees, employers and there is no clear picture of the exact amount of these contributions."
PIS and CIF also question what is the amount that the State Health Services Agency (SHA) and public hospitals are paid by the state and as a result by the taxpaying citizen.
Considering that "a percentage of about 35% of the population continues to maintain their private, personal insurance, paying a considerable amount each month" the two bodies state that "all these amounts paid by the general population to ensure their health could be paid into a single health system, fully controlled and completely transparent, which would both offer them the highest quality medical services and, above all, provide them with security".
PIS and CIF point out that it cannot be ignored "and the fact that every year the Ministry of Health spends an additional respectable amount, for emergencies[/B] that are referred abroad or to private domestic hospitals".
Finally, "they cannot accept the claims that corruption in the medical profession is the biggest problem of the YESY" noting that "these claims only raise questions, since in the global rankings of professions most affected by corruption we do not find doctors in the top ten positions".
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