“Mr. Tsipras, by insisting on defending the Katrougalos law, shows that he still believes that the big cut in pensions was the right choice,” said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou after Alexis Tsipras’s statements on the economy and insurance.
Attack on the president of SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, for his statements on the Economy and insurance at the conference of the newspaper “Proto Thema” and ygeiamou.gr entitled “The Health System in the new era” unveils in a statement the government spokesman, Giannis Oikonomou.
Specifically, Mr. Economou mentions in his statement
“Mr. Tsipras, by insisting on defending the Katrougalos law, shows that he still believes that the big cut in pensions was the right choice. As he continues to support his policy that led to the impoverishment of the middle classes. And as long as the reality is not convenient, his narrative creates a new reality in his measures with Tsipronomics as a permanent tool. The Government, on the other hand, finds ways, in conditions of unprecedented crisis, to increase the disposable income of the citizens, with permanent measures but also to support the society in the direction of mitigating the effects of the imported accuracy “.
The view that the SYRIZA-PS program for the reconstruction of public health includes in addition to salary interventions and institutional reorientation was expressed earlier the president of the party, Alexis Tsipras in the context of the Conference organized by ygeiamou.gr on “The Health System in the New Era”.
“We have to admit that the pandemic showed huge shortages on a global scale, pan-European and in our country”, said Al. Tsipras, emphasizing that during the memorandum years there was a “dramatic bleeding” of public health with the result that we are now faced with “dramatic indicators” of mortality and referring to the Black Paper on Health recently published by SYRIZA-PS.
Al. Tsipras, referring to the SYRIZA-PS program for Health, stressed that it does not include an extreme increase in expenditures but its support with 3 billion over the next three years in order to be in line with the European average.
“If I came and told you that we have to give 3 billion for defense spending, you would not tell me ‘where did you get the money?’ “Why is there always this question when we talk about public health?” He asked.
As he mentioned, in the plan of SYRIZA-PS there is a provision for the support of human resources, including prevention and redistribution of resources in order to motivate the new doctors to stay in the NSS but at the same time special importance is given to the upgrading of Primary Care and Primary Care. family physician, as well as in improving the interconnection and the individual patient file and in prevention.
Regarding the reform of the insurance system of the previous government, he said that “the Katrougalos law is one of the most misunderstood laws”, noting that it was “indisputable” that the Greek insurance system was “unsustainable” and should be reviewed sooner or later. , “Regardless of troika”.
At the same time, he claimed that this law was “completely transparent” and was distinguished from justice in the sharing of burdens and benefits, while he proceeded with reforms that “should have been done for decades”.
He clarified, in fact, that some “small but significant accidents” concerning the middle class mainly took place under the pressure of the troika and were corrected after the withdrawal from the memorandum. He also stressed that the insurance system is now considered viable for the next decades, leaving tips to the government that “loads on the unsustainability of the insurance”, another “perception” he has of what the insurance system should be.
