Parliament approved the only candidate to head the Health Fund

Deche Dechev was elected by Parliament as governor of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). He was the only appointment for the post after the departure of former director Kamen Plochev. He withdrew at his request several months after the government demanded his resignation

. The appointment of Decev, proposed by GERB, was supported by 124 deputies and one abstainer. The term of office of the new director, who until now ruled at the St. Ivan Rilski Hospital, was until March 2020.

In debates on the election of the BSP, they declared that they could not support Decev's candidacy, not because they doubted his qualities, but because the NHIF manager's position was defrauded. Georgi Mihailov said the credit for trust in the management of the health system has been exhausted

The DPS announced that he convincingly supported the candidacy of Decev because he has serious expertise and experience in health management. "It is a confidence in advance because we are not convinced that the concept it has presented can be achieved by the ruling majority," said Hasan Ademov (MRF). According to him, it takes serious ideas that require changes in laws and are linked to unpopular measures.

DPS called for consensus on health care reform. "Everyone who tried to change the system with individual shares failed with a bang and an accident," Ademov said. He urged Dechev to start managing the NHIF in a month, otherwise the fund will start managing it.

Kalin Popovski of the United Patriots said that the new governor would have the group's full support for all the reasonable ideas that he had presented in

Voia's Krastina Taskova also expressed his support for Dechev and called to the realization of eHealth

Decho Dechev told MEPs that in three months he will propose detailed measures in areas where the budget is failing – drug policy, control At his hearing at the health commission Earlier this week, Dechev announced that he thought the fund should change its drug policy and pay for the most effective treatment. If patients want to use a more expensive product than the one mentioned as the most effective, they should pay extra. According to him, a more precise evaluation of the clinical pathways should be made

Friday before the Decev deputies promised that the measures would be supported by the deputies and will be put into practice, 2019 will be the first without financial deficit of the NHIF [19659003] The Minister of Health, Kiril Ananiev, congratulated Dechev on his choice and declared that he could count on his full support. According to Ananiev Dechev, he will meet the enormous expectations of facing a complex system at a difficult time. Ananiev said that he was ready with the new model of Medicare. It has recently been announced that one of the options discussed is health insurance in addition to insurance to cover the supplement. According to Ananiev, before the introduction of the chosen model, a sociological study of the attitude of Bulgarian citizens towards it will be held