Deputies negotiating compromise on health fees

Coalition and opposition deputies in the lower house have engaged in intensive negotiations to try and reach agreement on a highly controversial aspect of the government’s health care reform – the health fees introduced at the beginning of this year. The opposition Social Democrats and the Communists who are strictly against the fees have now found support among the smaller parties in the ruling coalition –the Christian Democrats and the Greens and are in a position to push through a compromise agreement. The proposal being discussed is a selective elimination of health care fees for under 18s, low-income groups and seniors.