Little funding and lack of decisive interventions put the national health service at risk. During a hearing at the Budget Committees of the Chamber and Senate, the president of the Gimbe Foundation, Nino Cartabellotta, expressed strong opposition to the current maneuver.
“Without adequate resources and courageous system reforms, we will definitively say goodbye to universalism, equality and fairness, the founding principles of the national health service”, says Cartabellotta.
According to the Gimbe Foundation, the available resources are largely insufficient to cover even the measures already planned by the Government. It is estimated that 19 billion euros are missing between now and 2030 to guarantee adequate healthcare. Cartabellotta highlights that the increase of 2.5 billion euros for 2025 will bring the National Health Fund to 136.5 billion euros, but this represents only an increase of 1% compared to the previous year. The situation is even more worrying if we consider healthcare spending in relation to GDP: the share allocated to healthcare will drop from 6.12% in 2024 to 6.05% in 2025 and 2026, reaching 5.7% in 2029.
“The progressive increase of the National Health Fund in absolute value is in reality a mere illusion”, underlines Cartabellotta.
The measures envisaged by the maneuver for the period 2025-2030 have an overall estimated impact of over 29 billion euros, while the resources allocated amount to approximately 10.2 billion euros. This imbalance will force even the most virtuous Regions to “cut services and/or increase regional taxes”. Furthermore, the Gimbe Foundation underlines the lack of crucial measures in the text to guarantee the stability of the health service:
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