Iryna Kudryashova
Manager
“Perfect timing, I have to say. He found just the right time, when the country hardly makes both ends meet, to implement one of his crazy ideas. It’s more nonsense that he came up with, expecting to fill the treasury this way.”
Hanna Dubovska
Translator
“Paying for medicine has to be a guarantee of its high quality. I doubt that Ukrainian doctors, if they get paid more, will learn how to heal as most of them simply bought their diplomas. Ukraine has to have a state sector of free medicine for those who are unable to pay. All doctors have taken the Hippocratic Oath.”
Tetyana Irisova
Pensioner
“There is already paid medicine in Ukraine. Everybody bribes doctors and nobody conceals this fact. However, now we’ll just pay the same bribes on top of the official fees. I doubt the quality will improve, however. Honestly, I can’t wait until he is up for election again.”
Andriy Babanin
Information Technology specialist
“Maybe the idea to charge for medical care makes sense for foreigners, but it is pure discrimination against Ukrainians who aren’t Kyiv citizens. Paid medicine will improve the quality with decent doctors. However, only 10-15 percent of doctors are decent in our society.”
Olena Kobzar
Construction company staffer“Chernovetsky has no grounds for such a decision. There should be a comprehensive health-insurance policy. The whole system needs to be developed. He must pave the way first.”
