(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-08 14:41 Bulgaria ups healthcare taxes as doctors protest (Interactive Investor)

8 March 2010, 7:15 am

SOFIA, March 8 (Reuters) - Bulgaria said on Monday it would raise healthcare taxes to pump an extra 350 million levs ($244.9 million) into its decaying medical system, after a spate of public protests about its parlous state. The centre-right government will vote on Wednesday to raise health insurance levies by 2 percentage points to 10 percent of an individual's income. The Balkan country's ...... Read More »

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