Social Democrats submit proposals for abolition of medical fees

The opposition Social Democrats have presented two proposals for the abolition of medical fees, which were introduced as part of the government’s health system reform. The first proposal suggests complete abolition of health care fees while the other, compromise proposal, would exempt only certain groups from paying the fees, including children under the age of 18, pensioners without income and disabled people. The two smaller parties in the ruling coalition, the Christian Democrats and the Greens, have also expressed disagreement with some of the newly introduced fees. The Czech Parliament’s lower house should discuss the proposals in June.