“We inform Mr. Kasselakis that today the expenditure on Health is about 5.8% of the GDP with increasing trends”

Her press representative did not leave Kasselakis’ “announcements” on Health unoccupied New Republic Nikos Romanos. Its president SYRIZA fell into a “blunder” by talking about a percentage of “at least” 5% of GDP in health spending, when the percentage is at 5.8%!

“Mr. Kasselakis informed us today that his goal is to… reduce health spending.

As he stated in an interview, health spending should amount to “at least 5% of GDP”.

We therefore inform the leader of the Official Opposition that today the expenditure on Health is approximately 5.8% of the GDP with increasing trends”. mentions in his statement Nikos Romanos and then lists its details Eurostat:

For 2019, when ND took over the mediagovernment of the country, the SYRIZA had given the Ministry of Health total credits of 4.1 billion. Almost 5 years later, the appropriations of the Ministry of Health will reach 6 billion in 2024.

In 2023, the total expenditure on Health (Ministry appropriations, EOPYY, University Hospitals, Primary Health Care, etc.), amounted to 11.9 billion.

And for 2024, the total expenditure on Health is expected to exceed 12.8 billion, i.e. it is expected to exceed 5.8% of GDP.

In any case, much more important than the “proposal” of Mr. Kasselakis, which even contradicts the program of his party, is to remember what this Government for the health:

• From 2019 to 2024, it increased spending on Health by 46.5%.

Specifically: In 2019, they amounted to 4.114 billion euros.

Every year we have consistently increased the expenditures channeled to Health to reach 5,580 billion in 2023. The forecast for 2024 is to reach 6,027 billion.

• He is proceeding with the radical reform of the National Social Security System

• It plans to hire 6,500 people in the health sector by 2024 alone.

• He gave a 10% increase in the salaries of NHS doctors,

• He instituted afternoon surgeries,

• Increase them compensations for emergency services,

• It is channeling 2.17 billion euros from the 36 billion it secured from the Recovery and Resilience Fund for renovations of Hospitals and Health Centers and for programs such as “Spyros Doxiadis”.

Certainly, more must be done in Health. We are not where we want to be, but we continue to strive every day to reform the National Health System in order to provide optimal services to citizens. We move forward with a plan, reliability and methstreetability. Health is the primary social good and requires seriousness, responsibility and tangible results.