Medical bribery commonplace in Hungary
Posted by Sean Keating on August 31st, 2007. Filed under: government, government, healthcare systems, insurance companies, state_insurance.
Sure, some health care systems are “free” … that is, if you don’t count the bribes.
When giving birth to her second son in 2004, Magdolna Vincze payroll contributions into the state insurance system weren’t enough to guarantee the medical care she needed, she said. So Vincze did what she said is expected of patients: She bribed staff at Budapest’s Szent Margit hospital more than 100,000 forint ($522), about a month’s take-home pay for the average Hungarian.
Hungarians Bribing Doctors Increases Health Spending [Via Bloomberg.com]
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