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"Hundreds of thousands of Israelis await a decision on the composition of the drug basket" Israel today

2020-12-01T23:52:32.427Z


| healthMK Idan Roll's bill that stipulates that the composition of the basket will be increased every year at a fixed rate will be put to the vote • "Katz and his office are not working to allocate the appropriate budget" The basket committee last year Photography:  Oren Ben Hakon MK Idan Roll's bill, which stipulates that the drug basket will be updated annually at a fixed rate of 1.6%, will be put


MK Idan Roll's bill that stipulates that the composition of the basket will be increased every year at a fixed rate will be put to the vote • "Katz and his office are not working to allocate the appropriate budget"

  • The basket committee last year

    Photography: 

    Oren Ben Hakon

MK Idan Roll's bill, which stipulates that the drug basket will be updated annually at a fixed rate of 1.6%, will be put to the vote tomorrow (Wednesday).

From the bill: "Corona virus outbreak crisis, political instability and lack of state budget for 2021 may lead to a situation where the basket of health services provided in 2021 will not be optimal for the Israeli public.

"The basket budget must be updated in order not to leave the public basket expansion committee and the patients in Israel uncertain and to ensure that patients in Israel have optimal access to the most innovative and appropriate treatments, technologies and drugs for their needs," it said.

"Expects all members of the House to vote in favor"

MK Roll said: "While hundreds of thousands of Israelis and their families are waiting for a decision on the composition of the medicine basket, Finance Minister Israel Katz and Ministry of Finance officials, some of whom are members of the committee, remain silent and do not act to allocate the appropriate budget to update the medicine basket."

According to him, the members of the basket committee hold fateful discussions and debate which drugs and technologies will save the lives of patients with serious illnesses.

The committee's chairman, Prof. Shuki Shemer, the Minister of Health, Yuli Edelstein, and the officials of the Ministry of Health agree almost completely on the need to allocate NIS 750 million to the medicine basket - in order to address the most essential medicines and technologies for hundreds of thousands of patients.

"In such a life-saving bill as this one there is no room for the opposition and the coalition. I expect all members of the House to vote in favor," he added.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Minister Edelstein demanded that the Ministry of Finance expand the basket budget.

The letter to Katz reads: "Even in this challenging period, when the health system is being tested, we must not neglect the other areas of health.

The regular work of the committee must be ensured.

"Unfortunately, her work has begun with uncertainty about the scope of the budget available to her this year."

Source: israelhayom

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