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Top Czech court upholds direct fees in health care

earthtimes.org
May 28, 2008
        
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Prague - The Czech Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld direct fees in health care in a triumph for the centre-right government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. The court said that it was not its business to make political decisions, pointing o... [read full story]                    

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Czech government can charge for health care, court rules

 iht.com May 28, 2008
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Czech ministry to deal with money shortage if health fees lifted

 ceskenoviny.cz May 25, 2008
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Czech government can charge for health care, court rules

iht.com
May 28, 2008
        

Amnesty International report assails U.S. The court said that the fees could still be rolled back in Parliament. The leading opposition party has promised to abolish them. The payments are very unpopular in the region, where citizens have been accustomed to free health care since Communist times....

                   

Czech minister welcomes court ruling preserving patients' fees

ceskenoviny.cz
May 28, 2008
        

Prague- Czech Health Minister Tomas Julinek (Civic Democrats, ODS) welcomes today's Constitutional Court (US) decision not to abolish the fees introduced in health care this year, he told journalists. Czechs have paid 30 crowns per visit to a doctor and per item on a prescription, 90 crowns for...

Czech court upholds health fees,key part of reform

finance.cz
May 28, 2008
        

By Jan Lopatka Czech patients will have to pay for doctor visits, the country's top court ruled on Wednesday, upholding the cornerstone of the centre-right government's plan to reform the public health system and cut waste. The 30-crown ($1.87) fee and other planned reforms have rankled many...

Czech court upholds health fees,key part of reform

alertnet.org
May 28, 2008
        

By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE, May 28 (Reuters) - Czech patients will have to pay for doctor visits, the country's top court ruled on Wednesday, upholding the cornerstone of the centre-right government's plan to reform the public health system and cut waste. The 30-crown ($1.87) fee and other planned...

Czech Const.Court ends long discussion on govt reform

ceskenoviny.cz
May 28, 2008
        

Brno- The Czech Constitutional Court (US) has today issued its last verdict on the government public finance reform, mostly rejecting the opposition's proposals to abolish its parts. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Health Minister Tomas Julinek (both Civic Democrats, ODS) testified within the...

Czech Const. Court keeps reform valid, health fees preserved

ceskenoviny.cz
May 28, 2008
        

Brno- The Czech Constitutional Court rejected the proposal to abolish the health care part of the government public finance reform, including the widely discussed fees in surgeries, today. Judge-rapporteur Stanislav Balik is now reading an extensive justification of the court's decision . It...

                   

Czech ministry to deal with money shortage if health fees lifted

ceskenoviny.cz
May 25, 2008
        

Prague- Czech Health Minister Tomas Julinek (Civic Democrats, ODS) would have to deal with lower revenues of doctors and hospitals if the Constitutional Court abolished regulatory fees, ministry spokesman Tomas Cikrt said on Prima television today. The centre-right government of Mirek Toplanek...