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Hungarian Socialists urge govt to radically transform healthcare and education
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“It took the coronavirus pandemic for everyone to understand that it is wrong to cut public spending on health care and education,” Bertalan Tóth, co-leader of the opposition Socialists told a press conference on Sunday.
Tóth said his party’s pre-election programme called for increasing public spending in these sectors.
“Now we can see the consequences of neglecting health care for years,” he said.
Even after the recent increase in doctors’ wages, Hungary still spends less than the EU average on health care, resulting in indebted hospitals, long waiting lists and a shortage of doctors and nurses, Tóth said.
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Speaking of education, Tóth said the government’s reorganisation of the public education sector has resulted in a tragic decline in students’ academic performance, and it deepens social disparities rather than eliminating them.
Funny how the Socialist (Former Communist Party) ran the healthcare system into the ground when they were in charge of Hungary during the communist era, Why should we think anything would change if you were given another opportunity to run the healthcare and education systems once again. NO THANKS, you had your chance.