Centre-left opposition Democratic
Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein on Wednesday accused Premier
Giorgia Meloni of putting a tax on healthcare in Italy and said
the premier and leader of the rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI)
party should be ashamed.
"I don't know how long it's been since she went to a hospital.
When she was in government, you put a cap on hospital hiring.
People can't get treatment, she should be ashamed!", Schlein
said in her reply to the prime minister's question time
statements. "You want healthcare that fits people's wallets" and
this is a "real Meloni tax, getting treatment has become a
luxury".
"In all this, there are those who make money with private
clinics.
"For her, if something doesn't work, it's always someone else's
fault" but "after three years there are no excuses, it's her
fault and Italians are not fools", she added.
The 2025 budget has allocated unprecedented funds for the
national health service, the government says.
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