As a result of new investments, we are turning the healthcare sector into an industry in Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan said at the government meeting.

In fact, official empty talk is becoming an “industry” in Armenia. In other words, to use some phrases or expressions that leave the impression of a “poor” speech on those public layers that are guided by words, not thoughts.

As a philosopher once pointed out, most people do not have thoughts. Instead of thoughts, they have words in their heads, which are perceived as thoughts. And when a new word comes along, people seem to have an idea in their head.

Now, Nikol Pashinyan is trying to leave an impression of his thoughts on his electorate with words.

Health care in Armenia has turned into a business process a long time ago, which of course has its good and bad sides. But, in general, Nikol Pashinyan’s government has no merit in the “industrialization” of Armenia’s healthcare system. Comprehensive health insurance is not the merit of Nikol Pashinyan’s government, but the taxpayers of Armenia. The merit of the government would be the developed reform, which would ensure for citizens not only the “freedom” of a certain part of health services, but the convenience of using the first-line service. And that means convenience for the service provider as well. for the doctor.

In practice, the law on AHA, which was hastily adopted at the end of the year, is just a solution to an attempt to collect money from taxpayers and thereby create a pre-election propaganda impression of “free” healthcare, relying on the fact that people will perceive the very words as thought.

Because, I will repeat, the implemented system does not provide a really developed comfortable system of providing and receiving service, which could be achieved in case of implementation of a really developed concept.

But people, the power that is not able to introduce even a basic convenient system of paying for city transport, so that a person does not have to become a technology specialist in order to use it, naturally will not be able to present to the public a truly convenient health insurance system. Instead, the public’s ears will be filled with words.

Hakob Badalyan

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