"There are medical services for which patients are often asked to pay, despite the fact that they are included in the compulsory medical insurance program," RIA Novosti quoted Gritsenko as saying.
According to her, the category of free medical services includes tooth extraction, receiving anesthesia during surgical procedures or from a dentist, determining thyroid hormones, receiving medications if a person is in a hospital, consumables for surgical treatment, physiotherapy such as IVF, massage, regardless of age and depression treatment.
In March, fitness was proposed to be included in VHI contracts.