The immediate withdrawal of the surprise decision issued by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance for the collection of the clawback of 2021 and three months of 2023 asks the Piraeus Medical Association, pointing out that this is a serious blow to Public Health.

ISP calls him Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Mr. Thanos Petralia to increase funding for diagnostic tests in primary health care and to take into account the specific social conditions found in the country.

In this particular case, with the sudden decision for EOPYY to collect the clawback of 2021 in 120 installments and of the months of September, October and November of 2023 in nine installments, the viability of private Primary Health Care organizations that operate effectively, ancillary and in harmony with the respective public bodies, as well as the ability to immediately diagnose diseases, especially in remote areas, small towns and islands.

Even after today’s regulatory clarifications about the Weighted Average Normalization Index (MAI), the problem seems to be getting more complicated.

Responding to a journalist’s question, Mr President of the Piraeus Medical Association Mr. Nikolaos Platanisiotis made the following statement:

“After the surprise caused by the announcement of the decision, there followed the fear that with the tax collection requirement of EOPYY, many of the private diagnostic centers that serve the insured may face a major issue of viability.
At a time when a lot is being said about the way the NHS and hospitals, as well as Health Centers, operate, a process that helps defend and promote Public Health is disrupted.

At ISP, we have received reactions from both medical and nursing staff, as well as insured persons and their families. The last thing one would expect is for the provision of diagnostic services to be degraded, the health coverage rate to shrink and to be led, especially in the countryside, to the times of “Our Lady of the Midwife” because some people think with the logic of the tax collector.
The policy requires prudence, prudence and social responsibility in order to maintain jobs in Primary Health Care, to serve the citizens, but also to serve the constitutional obligation of the State regarding equal access of citizens to diagnostic centers of primary health”.