Voting on healthcare system reforms postponed

Voting on a number of reforms to the Czech Republic’s healthcare system has been delayed, after the proposals were sent to an expert committee for further analysis. Health Minister Tomáš Julínek’s proposed reforms will now be decided upon next week, it was agreed. The Civic Democrats’ coalition partners, the Christian Democrats, were unhappy with a clause in the reforms pertaining to abortion, while the coalition’s Greens were unhappy with proposed changes to the Czech healthcare insurance system. The group of experts, made up of coalition MPs, now has a week to remove or alter the more controversial facets of the healthcare reforms, Mr Julínek said.