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Bulgaria May Keep Its Notorious Health Insurance Head
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Neli Nesheva (L), Director of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund, resigned on Friday amid a bonus scandal. Photo by dariknews.bg
Bulgaria's discredited National Health Insurance Fund director, Neli Nesheva, may very well keep her position, according to local media.
Nesheva admitted to receiving over BGN 12 000 of bonuses last year and - though claiming the money was well deserved - quit office on Friday under public and opposition pressure.
Her resignation is to be discussed by MPs from the ruling centrist-right GERB on Tuesday.
The Bulgarian Doctors Union and the Parliamentary committee on health have declared their support for Nesheva, the Presa daily has informed.
"Lots of people are supporting Nesheva. She took over the National Health Insurance Fund in a critical moment in 2010. Back then, it was not clear whether there would be enough money for the hospitals, but she stabilized the system," Parliamentary health committee head Desislava Atanasova has commented.
Tsvetan Raychinov, head of the Bulgarian Doctors Union, has also declared his support for Nesheva, stating that the current moment is highly inappropriate for a shuffle in the National Health Insurance Fund.
On Monday, it was made clear that the resignation of Bulgaria's National Health Insurance Fund director has triggered delays in the supply of drugs, used in the basic treatment of cancer cases.
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