Social Partners Agree Controversial Health Insurance Changes
Ljubljana, 9 January - Trade unions, employers and the government on Tuesday reached agreement on amendments to health insurance legislation, completing more than a year-long negotiations in which opinions clashed mainly on severed conditions for sickness benefits and the composition of the assembly of the Health Insurance Institute.
Ljubljana, Health Ministry headquarters
Health Ministry State Secretary Dorjan Marusic (left) and Health Minister Andrej Brucan at negotiations on amendments to the health care and health insurance act.
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Ljubljana, Health Ministry headquarters
Health Ministry State Secretary Dorjan Marusic (back) and Health Minister Andrej Brucan at negotiations on amendments to the health care and health insurance act.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
Ljubljana, Health Ministry headquarters
(at the forefront, left to right) Dusan Rebolj, the head of Pergam trade union, and Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Association of Free Trade Unions (ZSSS), at negotiations on amendments to the health care and health insurance act.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
Ljubljana, Health Ministry headquarters
Trade union representatives at negotiations on amendments to the health care and health insurance act.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
Ljubljana, Health Ministry headquarters
Representatives of employers at negotiations on amendments to the health care and health insurance act.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
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