На децата – с обич и омерзение. Корени на обществените резерви срещу политиките за безплатни лекарства за децата в България
For Children – with Love and Squalor. Roots of Public Reservations against Policies for Free Medicines for Children in Bulgaria

Author(s): Venelin L. Stoychev
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Civil Society, Sociology, Economic policy, Welfare systems, Developing nations, Health and medicine and law, Economic development, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: public policies; healthcare; medicines
Summary/Abstract: The report presents an analysis of data on child healthcare from the National Institute of Statistics, the National Health Insurance Fund, the National Institute of Health Insurance, Eurostat and an empirical study by the LARGO association, focused on the topic of free medicines for children. The analysis reveals that children are (no longer) a consensus value in Bulgarian society. Last year, the National Health Insurance Fund paid out 16 million leva on the main clinical pathways for children‘s hospitalizations, and parents made private investments of over 1 billion leva for medicines for Bulgaria‘s children. On average, a parent in our country pays 562.32 leva just for medicines per child per year, according to the study data. Every second parent finds it difficult to cover the costs of their child‘s medicines. However, public opinion in our country is strongly divided on the topic of free medicines for children due to the levels of distrust in our society, doubts about corruption and lobbying, anti-vaccination attitudes, and the normalization of public speaking from the standpoint of racism and xenophobia.

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