Premier Matteo Renzi said
Tuesday that Italy's national health service had endured too
many cuts in recent years.
"Italy must stop applying across-the-board cuts," Renzi
said during a visit to Milan's San Raffaele hospital.
"It's clear that there have been too many health cuts".
The premier argued this his executive, which came to power
in 2014, has stopped the trend, saying the health service fund
has increased from 106 billion euros a year to 112 billion.
"The time of health cuts is over, but we have to manage
better the issue of standard costs (for health services and
products throughout the nation)," Renzi added after meeting
medical personnel and students at the hospital.
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