Milan, 8 Nov. (LaPresse) – “A budget that increases military spending by 14 billion whilst drastically cutting public healthcare and also gives the private healthcare sector a windfall with that 1.7 billion that has been allocated to the health card.” This was stated by the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Elly Schlein, on the sidelines of Elle Active, the forum for active women organised by Elle Italia at the Catholic University of Milan, regarding the budget bill. Schlein recalled the requests made by the Minister for Health and the Regions. “Why, instead, did they not listen to Minister Schillaci, who was asking for an additional 5.5 billion to be allocated to public healthcare? Why didn’t they even listen to the right-wing regions, which, together with those governed by our alliance, are saying that public healthcare risks being dismantled as a result?”, she explained. Two days ago, the President of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, had also spoken of the risk of having to cut healthcare services. The PD secretary announced that the party will continue to fight in Parliament. “We will continue to press the other opposition parties to prevent these cuts to healthcare and these cuts to education, which will result in 7,000 fewer teachers,” she added. Also under scrutiny are the tax measures which, according to Schlein, “once again favour the wealthiest – in other words, without saying so, they give an extra 500 euros to those who earn as much as 150,000 a year”.
Budget, Schlein: ‘It increases military spending but cuts healthcare’
Milan, 8 Nov. (LaPresse) – “A budget that increases military spending by 14 billion whilst drastically cutting public healthcare and also gives the private healthcare sector a windfall with that 1.7 billion that has been allocated to the health card.” This was stated by the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Elly Schlein, on the sidelines of Elle Active, the forum for active women organised by Elle Italia at the Catholic University of Milan, regarding the budget bill. Schlein recalled the requests made by the Minister for Health and the Regions. “Why, instead, did they not listen to Minister Schillaci, who was asking for an additional 5.5 billion to be allocated to public healthcare? Why didn’t they even listen to the right-wing regions, which, together with those governed by our alliance, are saying that public healthcare risks being dismantled as a result?”, she explained. Two days ago, the President of Lombardy, Attilio Fontana, had also spoken of the risk of having to cut healthcare services. The PD secretary announced that the party will continue to fight in Parliament. “We will continue to press the other opposition parties to prevent these cuts to healthcare and these cuts to education, which will result in 7,000 fewer teachers,” she added. Also under scrutiny are the tax measures which, according to Schlein, “once again favour the wealthiest – in other words, without saying so, they give an extra 500 euros to those who earn as much as 150,000 a year”.