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February 2014, the reform plan was pushed back indefinitely. The plan had already hit a raw nerve with the two private health insurers operating on the Slovak market, Zvolenska said the project was ready but it would not progress until the funding is secured. In response, Finance Minister Peter Kažimír said
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portfolios, and expropriating the private health insurers for an appropriate sum, with the first option cited as the best alternative. If the government reaches an agreement with the private insurers about the sale of their shares, the single health insurer could be launched as of
January 1, 2014. In the event of expropriation, the single insurer would not emerge until July 2014. Not unexpected, the plan faced massive resistance from the private sector insurance companies.
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the situation go unresolved. Responding to the incident, Zvolenska said the decision to strike was "immoral and un-ethical", and said "the right to strike does not exceed the right to healthcare nor the right to life". She also confirmed that the health ministry was considering legal action against the strikers.
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for €1 million, but the tender was stopped after the March 2012 parliamentary elections due to the change of the top management. The new management, which included top Smer-SD officials, announced a new round of bidding and subsequently chose another device produced by
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ministry introduced a law, which made dodging work, or going on phony sick-leave punishable by up to three years in prison. Although this was later reduced to a €3,300 fine, after yet another round of dispute with the health worker unions.
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