Rath asks for loan for VZP insurance company

Health Minister David Rath has asked for a 2.7 billion crown loan for the country's state run health insurance company VZP. The money is to help tide over the ailing company and enable it to pay doctors on time. Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka who would have to approve the loan, has said he is not inclined to support such a solution and has serious doubts regarding the company's ability to pay it back.