The healthcare system opened the door for copays yesterday. National and regional governments guarantee that all Spanish citizens will have access to the same benefits, although not at the same price. This discrepancy will fall on individual regional governments.
Despite the fact that Ana Mato wanted to defer the copay debate in order to come to other terms, the Spanish national government does not have an issue with Catalonia charging a one-euro tariff per prescription, a céntimo sanitario similar to what has been already applied in ten regions or a fee on healthcare card renewals.
This strategy reduces conflicts, allows regional governments to decide how they want to organize healthcare spending and answer to their constituents? needs. The governments will make decisions the believe are advantageous, but their number one priority should be to balance their budgets.
