PM Groysman: Budget of Affordable Medicine program to be increased in 2018

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has stated that the budget of the Affordable Medicine state program will be increased in 2018.

In a post on his Facebook page, the prime minister wrote: “The Affordable Medicine state program gives an opportunity to Ukrainians, who vitally need chronic disease medicines, to receive them for free or with a small surcharge. The funding for Affordable Medicine state program will be increased in the 2018 budget”.

Over the seven months of the program, the state reimbursed the cost of 10 million prescription medicines worth UAH 390 million.

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