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Millions of Greeks Can't Afford Health Care

health_care_systemThis Monday, a medical aid group said that more than 3 million Greeks — that is 27.2 percent of the total population — cannot afford to pay their social security contributions and are therefore left with no health coverage.
The Head of the Doctors of the World Greek branch, Anna Maili commented that they are worried about the increasing number of people without any health or social insurance. They are also afraid of the consequences this will have on certain population groups, such as pregnant women and children, especially if families aren’t able to vaccinate the infants.
Ms. Maili noted that “every day we see 2 or 3 year-olds who haven’t been vaccinated.” The immunization cost for a child is between 1,400 to 1,800 euros, that is why just half of the children examined by the Doctors of the World had been properly vaccinated.
The number of stillborn babies has increased by 21 percent since 2008, making the doctors believe that in the future women will be inclined to have fewer children. Furthermore the increasing rate of unemployment has especially inflicted the female population. According to Panos Mouzalas, an MDM gynecologist, 3 out of 10 women between the ages of 25 and 44 are currently unemployed.

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