Cottarelli, possible 3 to 5 billion in savings from the health care ‘- AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

Economy

18:44 August 22, 2015

(AGI) – Rimini, Aug. 22 – You ‘can save between 3 and 5 billion on the cost of Health’ in addition to the cuts in purchasing costs of goods and services. And ‘contention Carlo Cottarelli, executive director of the IMF and already’ special commissioner to the Spending review from November 2013 to October last year. During a press conference at the Rimini Meeting, Cottarelli, defining as “quite virtuous” the Italian health system, it has highlighted the different situations in the various areas of the country and, therefore, on the need ‘of interventions “targeted” spending. “In the last 20-30 years – he said the economist – health spending and Italian ‘increased, also in relation to GDP, less than in other countries, and our’ system quite virtuous.” The increase in health spending to GDP, pointed out, “and ‘was 0.8% as in Germany and less than in other countries like France and the United Kingdom.” “Savings are there to do well because there ‘s a different efficiency between the different regions of Italy: you can get 3,4 or 5 billion in additional savings in addition to the purchase of goods and services”. “The margins are, and the important ‘that there are interventions” that take into account the situation of different reality’.
Regard to the objectives of the next spending review, Cottarelli said that the target of 10 billion savings and ” credible and achievable “. (AGI).

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