Reform to end top-up insurance, time-limit sickness benefit

Ljubljana, 19 January - Top-up health insurance would be replaced with compulsory health contributions proportional to income, while sickness benefit would be temporally limited under a draft reform bill put forward by Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc.

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc presents a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc and her aides present a reform bill on health insurance.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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