The nursing team will run away." Expert on possible elimination of federal payments to doctors.
If the reduction in health care costs reaches the point of eliminating federal payments, not only doctors, but also nursing staff, who are already in short supply, will leave hospitals, Tatiana Rybakova, an economic observer for the Most publication, told Dozhd.
The Russian authorities have decided to reduce the salary reform for doctors, and 500 billion rubles earmarked for it from the reserves of the Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund will be used to cover its deficit, NeMoskva Says reported, citing State Duma Deputy Alexei Kirny.
However, according to Rybakova, "there is basically no money", and a reduction in health care costs is already underway, although it has not been openly announced. Regions have been cutting spending for a long time, since the regional budget deficit has become even larger than the federal one.