Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 5:06:22 GMT
Those of us who two decades ago denounced what the future of the Madrid public health service would be (privatization and progressive demolition, even more pronounced in Primary Care), if the Popular Party and its privatizing neoliberal health policy were to remain in power , we cannot To say that we were caught by surprise by none of the measures that successive Madrid autonomous governments were implementing in this regard. During a good part of this long period, this policy contrary to the maintenance of a quality public health service equipped with the necessary resources did not seem to arouse restlessness and concern in the majority of health professionals, nor in a large part of scientific and professional societies. and also in a good number of specialized media. It seemed that government propaganda convinced them of the benefits of their health policy; It is enough to resort to the newspaper archive of those years to corroborate what has been stated so far.
The Community of Madrid, through its successive ultra-liberal governments, became a large health business market for the private sector, as stated in public by the then Minister of Health and later a person charged with the alleged commission of serious crimes, Mr. Güemes. Progressive dismantling of public health centers, scandalous Australia Phone Number cost overruns, obscene waste, repeated irregularities in hiring and cases of corruption marked the entire process that has led Madrid's public health service to the impoverished state in which it finds itself today. A strong reaction is necessary from the citizens of Madrid, also from those who have been forced to take out a private insurance policy. Those who still defend today the health management of the Popular Party governments in the Community of Madrid, can try to minimize the serious damage caused to Madrid's public health by stating that the deterioration also occurs in the State as a whole, but this being true it is.
Likewise, the levels of deterioration and weakness of the Madrid public health service are not comparable to those of any other autonomy; An even more serious issue if we take into account that the Community of Madrid is one of the richest in Spain and is the one that places the fewest euros per inhabitant in its health budgets. The financial crisis of 2008 and the implementation of the austerity policy by the European Union meant the application of a very harsh policy of cuts that had the greatest impact on the weakest social sectors and essential public services, including health services. In this sense, it must be remembered that the governments chaired by Mr. Rajoy were the most aggressive in applying the policy imposed by the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and likewise the Community of Madrid was the territory of the State where the cuts were applied most harshness, very intensely weakening the Madrid Health Service. Temporality in the public health system The arrival in 2019 of Mrs. Díaz Ayuso to the Presidency of the Community thanks to the essential help of the Ciudadanos party (today without parliamentary representation in the Madrid Assembly), together with the incorporation of the ultra-liberal Mr.
The Community of Madrid, through its successive ultra-liberal governments, became a large health business market for the private sector, as stated in public by the then Minister of Health and later a person charged with the alleged commission of serious crimes, Mr. Güemes. Progressive dismantling of public health centers, scandalous Australia Phone Number cost overruns, obscene waste, repeated irregularities in hiring and cases of corruption marked the entire process that has led Madrid's public health service to the impoverished state in which it finds itself today. A strong reaction is necessary from the citizens of Madrid, also from those who have been forced to take out a private insurance policy. Those who still defend today the health management of the Popular Party governments in the Community of Madrid, can try to minimize the serious damage caused to Madrid's public health by stating that the deterioration also occurs in the State as a whole, but this being true it is.
Likewise, the levels of deterioration and weakness of the Madrid public health service are not comparable to those of any other autonomy; An even more serious issue if we take into account that the Community of Madrid is one of the richest in Spain and is the one that places the fewest euros per inhabitant in its health budgets. The financial crisis of 2008 and the implementation of the austerity policy by the European Union meant the application of a very harsh policy of cuts that had the greatest impact on the weakest social sectors and essential public services, including health services. In this sense, it must be remembered that the governments chaired by Mr. Rajoy were the most aggressive in applying the policy imposed by the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and likewise the Community of Madrid was the territory of the State where the cuts were applied most harshness, very intensely weakening the Madrid Health Service. Temporality in the public health system The arrival in 2019 of Mrs. Díaz Ayuso to the Presidency of the Community thanks to the essential help of the Ciudadanos party (today without parliamentary representation in the Madrid Assembly), together with the incorporation of the ultra-liberal Mr.