By Privatizing Contributions, We Have Created Hell in the Healthcare Sector. The Primary Goal Is Profits, Not Patients, Claims Renáta Bláhová (Podcast)

No state hospital is affected by the Steindl Imre renovation program, only three private and church institutions are included in next year's budget draft. The currently available figures clearly suggest that the "squeezing" of patients into the private sector may continue intensively next year, as the healthcare budget will increase nominally by just over five percent next year according to the budget bill. "This amount certainly cannot finance …

Neither a wage increase nor better quality care is likely.

In our healthcare system, it's the other way around. The primary goal is to make a profit and direct money where powerful financial players want it, says Renáta Bláhová, former head of the Health Care Supervisory Authority. According to her, the system is poorly set up because it is driven by predatory capital. So how can we fundamentally change this?