THE EAGLE. Abruzzo avoids the rejection of the healthcare deficit recovery plan. Regional councilor Nicoletti Verì warns in a note that the monitoring table has approved the bill to cover the deficit. And he adds: “No taxes and no commissioners.”
The favorable opinion on the decree law, passed by a majority in the regional council, was given by the monitoring table on health spending, established at the Ministries of Health and of Economy and Finance (Mef).
The Health Councilor Nicoletta Verì and the President of the Regional Council Marco Marsilio
The majority draws on taxes and finds 68 million for healthcare
Green light for the bill to cover the gap and which requires the local health authorities to prepare rationalization plans. If they do not do so or are not approved the general managers can be replaced with the commissioner / COMMENTS
“Through approval, the economic-financial balance of the accounts is guaranteed. The next step is to identify the plans for rationalizing the expenses of the four local health authorities”, writes the councillor, “as provided for in the article of the approved law, in order to guarantee the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the health services offered. The screams of the opposition forces seemed at least inappropriate if you consider that in the past, just look at the old budgets, the Abruzzo local health authorities have had deficits. Tens of millions in L’Aquila, Chieti, Teramo which the council has always taken care of repaying”.
The rationalization plans must include a detailed analysis of human, technical and financial resources as well as provide proposals for improvements in the allocation of resources, including strategies for optimizing the use of existing healthcare infrastructures and technologies. Finally, the rationalization plans will also have to identify measures to increase integration between the various health, hospital, local and social-health services.
