Russia faces drug default

The state owes about 40 billion rubles to suppliers of free medicines. United Russia Duma members have already threatened the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov with his resignation, Ekho Moskvy reports. The situation with free medicines...

The state owes about 40 billion rubles to suppliers of free medicines. United Russia Duma members have already threatened the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov with his resignation, Ekho Moskvy reports.

The situation with free medicines is critical. Prescriptions are not written. In pharmacies, drugs from the preferential list simply do not exist. The state has already climbed into multibillion-dollar debts to suppliers. And, apparently, he is not going to give them away completely. The head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Mikhail Zurabov, proposed to write off the state's debts to the losses of companies. In response, pharmacologists demanded that they repay the debt in full.

While the ultimatum - no money - no medicines - they did not put forward, but it seems they are already close to this. Meanwhile, the situation with free medicines is getting worse and, according to market participants, is close to catastrophic.