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Bulgarians live seven years less than citizens of the most developed countries in the European Union. In addition, we pay the highest surcharge for medicines - 37 per cent versus 5 per cent compared to other European Union countries, shows the report of Together for More Health initiative which includes representatives of the Bulgarian Medical Union (BMA) and the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union.
Data for 2017 show that only 4.2% of
Bulgaria’s GDP is allocated for
healthcare annually, compared with an average of 8% for the rest of the EU.
At the current rate of investment in
healthcare, it will take 50 years to