Under the insurance of death

The vice-mayor of Moscow on social development Leonid Pechatnikov said that he finds "the experience of Asian countries, where a person who has been discovered cancer at a late, neglected stage is treated at his own expense." This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to the publication of Interfax.

“If a person has not passed the medical examination on time, the conditions for his medical insurance must be reviewed,” the official explained. “But this,” he added, “is my personal opinion, it’s not for me to decide.”

Later, however, Interfax changed the text of the publication and apologized to the readers, subscribers and personally Leonid Pesatnikov for incorrect quoting in the previous version of the news. In the new version of the note, the official’s statement looks like this: “We need to stimulate the identification of oncological diseases at an early stage, including financially. But this is my personal opinion. "

It is also reported that Pechatnikov referred to the experience of South Korea, which provides for a change in the conditions of medical insurance for people who have not passed a planned medical examination.

The expressions are “treated at your own expense” in the edited note.

The initial version of the note as of 20 hours Moscow time is available on the Web Archive website.