Vol 5 Chapter 45: , Medical treatment is a big problem

"Nicholas II wants a loan?" Ferdinand asked in surprise
Queen Xenia replied affirmatively: "Yes!"
Ferdinand was a little puzzled and asked, "Why not go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or go to the bank directly?"
Xenia looked at him with very aggrieved eyes, and then said after a while, "If it's useful to find them? Will my proud brother find you?"
Ferdinand smiled awkwardly. He remembered that it seemed that the decision not to provide loans to the Russians was reported to him by the cabinet. He did not make a statement at the time and was approved by default.
"Then what is he going to use as collateral? Don't talk about mineral resources. These things can't convince the cabinet. Ten billion levs is not a small number. The risk of this business is really too great!" Nan shrugged and said
Queen Xenia nodded and said, "I don't know, you'd better talk to him about this issue in person. It is not convenient for me to be in the middle!"
Ferdinand nodded. Indeed, Queen Xenia’s identity is not convenient to intervene on this issue.
"Well, let Nicholas send a representative over to talk about it. Such a large loan makes the government difficult!"
Queen Xenia nodded. Everyone knows this issue. International loans in this era are always tied to politics. Large loans are almost impossible to pass without government endorsement.
Unless the royal family is willing to lend its own money to Nicholas II, then no one can control it. Bank loans involve the safety of depositors' funds, and the government must supervise them.
Let the royal family lend money directly to Nicholas II. It is impossible to even think about it. If this is the case, who is going to make sense?
Ferdinand is not stupid. The relative relationship between the two parties is not suitable for interviews. It is the Bulgarian government or the bank under the government. The negotiation conditions are more suitable. As long as there is enough collateral, Nicholas II It doesn't matter whether you can afford the loan!
Queen Xenia also knew that as long as Ferdinand did not object in Bulgaria, there was a high possibility that the loan would be approved. The people-to-people relations between Bulgaria and Russia have always been very good, and there are also pro-Russian factions in the government. As long as the interests are guaranteed, everyone will not object to this loan!
Since the domestic stock market has not developed, ordinary Bulgarians have no other investment channels besides depositing their money in banks. Therefore, the deposits of the three major Bulgarian banks exceed those of any bank in the world!
This is also the most important source of funding for Bulgaria’s 10-year plan. Many government-invested projects were sold to banks after the cabinet changed hands.
For example, for companies in power plants and steel plants, although they are under the name of government investment and at the same time allow private capital to enter, the cabinet naturally does not mind packaging them to the three major industries.
Ferdinand did not mind approving this loan. Another important reason is that Nicholas II borrowed Lev, and they had to import goods from Bulgaria.
The export of a large number of commodities is conducive to the development of domestic industry and commerce. Through the export of its subsidiaries, the loan has actually been returned again. The loan of 10 billion levs is actually only half of the risk. Or Is smaller!
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The next day, Ferdinand went to the parliament to observe as usual. The host Rolex Dodd was still performing there. After all, there were not many opportunities like this. There were only a few days in a year. At other times, he was idle. !
"Today's weather is good, so let's start the meeting! Today's topic is medical and health. Everyone may be familiar with this issue. The'American flu' just past is enough to illustrate the importance of medical and health!
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services submitted 26 plans this time, involving a total investment of 1.35 billion lev (approximately GBP 54 million).
Article 1. Establish epidemic prevention stations across the country. The work of the epidemic prevention stations includes the prevention of sudden diseases, the prevention of infectious diseases, and the prevention of pests. The total investment is estimated to be 130 million lev;
Article 2. Upgrade the equipment of the Food Safety Supervision Bureau and increase the crackdown on substandard food. The estimated investment is 85 million levs;
Article 3. The establishment of a drug supervision bureau to supervise the drugs circulating on the market, and vigorously crack down on counterfeit drugs and substandard drugs entering the market, endangering the safety of the people. It is expected to invest 70 million levs;
Article 4. The equipment upgrade of public hospitals is expected to invest 100 million lev;
Article 5. The Ministry of Health has decided to implement free life-long medical care for all retired officers and soldiers. This is an expansion of the free medical care for disabled officers and soldiers on the battlefield that we implemented before. It is estimated that 380 million levs will be invested;
Article 6: Deploy township hospitals across the country. Within ten years, we will have one hospital in each small town, with an estimated investment of 180 million pounds;
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Question time is up, please raise your hand if you have any questions!
OK, the second gentleman in the third row, please ask questions! "
The man felt a little nervous and said: "Dear Mr. Carl, has the Ministry of Health considered free medical care for the whole country? You must know that nowadays people all over the country are facing the problem of difficult and expensive medical treatment, and ordinary people simply cannot afford the huge medical expenses. !"
Carl Landsteiner nodded and said: "The Ministry of Health has long considered the question raised by this gentleman. Unfortunately, Bulgaria does not yet have the conditions for free medical care for all, and our finances cannot afford this expenditure.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, in the first half of 1921, the national people’s medical expenditure was 2.63 billion levs. This figure also includes many people who gave up treatment. If you want to provide free medical treatment, preliminary estimates are The annual expenditure will not be less than 5 billion lev!
This number can already cause our government to declare bankruptcy, so there is no possibility of promotion in the short term! "
The man said unwillingly: "Is there no way? For example, tax increases, our government can solve the funding gap by increasing taxes!"
Carl Landsteiner smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, you probably failed in economics. If this tax is evenly distributed to everyone, it will be 125 levs per person. On the surface, this figure is not large, but in reality Most people cannot afford it!
If it is added to the head of the enterprise, after the cost rises significantly, the enterprise will lose its competitiveness in the world, and we will face the most serious wave of bankruptcy, so the social crisis will be even more serious! "
The man fell into silence, and the venue also fell into silence. It was not that the government did not want to solve it, but that there was no way to solve it. Face-to-face medical care is a long-term problem that requires a lot of investment every year. This problem was still in the early twentieth century. There is no solution!
The host, Rolex Dodd, broke the silence and said: "We have no way to solve the problem of free medical care for all people, but it does not mean that there will be no way to solve it in the future. This social problem has been plagued the world for many years!
However, with the advancement of science and technology, our pharmaceutical costs have also fallen sharply. One day in the future, our country will always be able to solve it. Let's continue our meeting now!
Please raise your hand if you have any questions!
Mr. from the bottom row, please ask questions! "
The man asked: "Dear Mr. Carl, has the government considered establishing a pharmaceutical company by the state to promote it to the market at a fair price, thereby reducing the price of medicines and allowing more people to get treatment?"
Carl Landsteiner thought for a while and said: "The proposal you made does not meet the conditions for implementation. There are two problems that we cannot avoid: the first problem is patents; the second problem is technological progress!
Once the government enters the pharmaceutical market ~EbookFREE.me~, we will also have to pay patent fees. At the same time, because of the decline in pharmaceutical profits, many companies will lose the enthusiasm to continue to invest. To promote technological progress, the government can only invest in full. These costs will be allocated to the price of medicines!
In the end, we will find that the government has invested a lot of money, and as a result, the price of medicines on the market is still unable to come down. It is completely out of value!
And the function of the government is not charity, we cannot invest too much money in one field!
This world is still a world where the weak and the fittest survive the fittest. Don’t look at the international peace now, I can let Nanshan go. In fact, the international conflicts are still severe, but they are temporarily suppressed!
Being prepared for danger in times of time is what we should do. Remember that our ancestors once said: If war comes tomorrow, don’t be surprised, don’t panic, this is the Balkans! "
Everyone's faces sank. The Balkans have always been European gunpowder kegs. It is the most war-prone area in the world. In the past thousand years, there has been no war. On average, it is an area that claims to have war every week!
It also brought some people's fantasy back to reality. Bulgaria is still not strong enough. Although the enemy has been beaten to the ground, it does not mean that it does not exist!
The old will not go, the new will not come, who can tell the future? Ferdinand was also plunged into contemplation. Perhaps he was still too optimistic. Who is sure that the current international order will not be broken?
At least the colony is a hidden danger. Of course, without the intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union, the colonial independence movement has not yet begun. If it does not erupt for 30 to 50 years, it does not mean that it will never erupt. It seems that we should start planning ahead?
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