"Business Georgia"

By the end of 2012 in Georgia to be insured 2.5 million people, that is, every second person, said Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili, in his annual report in Parliament, - sends "Business Georgia".


According to the president, in 2006 in Georgia was insured at least 40 thousand people, and by the end of 2011 - this figure rose to 40 times.

Current 2012 Saakashvili declared a "watershed year for health insurance in Georgia."


"Our goal is to increase the number of insured people. Insurance people - is the main instrument of access to health care ... In 2012, Georgia will be insured by one in two people, including 300,000 children. At the same time in 2012 will be insured by all age pensioners, 650,000 people . Emergency medical care for them will be unlimited. All this will no longer place a heavy burden on the shoulders of their families, "- Saakashvili said.


According to him, every other citizen has to be affordable high-quality and efficient health care.


At the same time, Saakashvili stressed that the unprecedented will be toughened penalties for medical institutions and insurance companies "because of criminal activities that affect patients." As the President of Georgia, often because of unfair manipulation of insurance companies, insured citizens are not aware of their rights.


"The new rules will ensure that the citizen did not feel vulnerable and a victim of injustice. In terms should be clearly defined, that will be covered by insurance and what is not," - Saakashvili said.


Will also apply strict measures in case of problems in health care facilities with the payment of salaries. As the president in the new clinic, he found that "wages were delayed for two to three weeks and it has been eradicated."


"In such cases will be given a very tough answers ... Again, this may undermine the system. Such cases would be tantamount to a crime and the state would be the appropriate reaction," - Saakashvili said.