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SOME 270,000 PEOPLE FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO ENJOY FREE MEDICAL SERVICES IN ARMENIA IN 2014
YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Some 270,000 people from low-income
families will enjoy free medical services in Armenia in 2014, Gagik
Minasyan, head of the National Assembly's finance and budget committee,
told journalists on Wednesday.
"Families receiving social benefits, i.e. 270,000 people, will use
medical services for free in 2014," he said. "Heart surgeries will
be free as well for these people."
The lawmaker also said that budget spending on public healthcare will
grow 13% in 2014, compared with 2013.
Earlier, Health Minister Derenik Dumanayn said that it was planned
to earmark more than AMD 80 billion for health care in the 2014 draft
budget - 80 billion more than in the 2013 government budget.
In the 2014 consolidated government budget, revenue is projected at
AMD 1 trillion 134 billion, spending at 1 trillion 244 billion and
deficit at AMD 110 billion.
GDP growth is projected at 5.2% and a 12-month inflation rate at 4%
(±1.5%). ($1 - AMD 405.77дÑ~@ама). ----0---
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YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Some 270,000 people from low-income
families will enjoy free medical services in Armenia in 2014, Gagik
Minasyan, head of the National Assembly's finance and budget committee,
told journalists on Wednesday.
"Families receiving social benefits, i.e. 270,000 people, will use
medical services for free in 2014," he said. "Heart surgeries will
be free as well for these people."
The lawmaker also said that budget spending on public healthcare will
grow 13% in 2014, compared with 2013.
Earlier, Health Minister Derenik Dumanayn said that it was planned
to earmark more than AMD 80 billion for health care in the 2014 draft
budget - 80 billion more than in the 2013 government budget.
In the 2014 consolidated government budget, revenue is projected at
AMD 1 trillion 134 billion, spending at 1 trillion 244 billion and
deficit at AMD 110 billion.
GDP growth is projected at 5.2% and a 12-month inflation rate at 4%
(±1.5%). ($1 - AMD 405.77дÑ~@ама). ----0---
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/some_270_000_people_from_low_income_families_to_en joy_free_medical_services_in_armenia_in_2014/#sthash.DskJHiXV.dpuf