Regions: with the budget at risk, 2 billion euros are missing for Covid-19 expenses

2021-11-07T16:54:03.048Z

Several Regions risk closing deficit budgets because, in the absence of additional funds in the pipeline, those that will not be able to cover the deficits therefore risk the commissioner and, among the consequences, the blocking of hiring with the pandemic still in progress. This is what is learned from sources of the Regions, which already in a document of last September drawn up by the Health coordination of the Conference of the Regions, had reported to the Mef the risk of a hole of over 2 billion in the coverage of Covid 2021 expenses compared to 2020. At the moment - we still learn - there are "ongoing talks" with the government. The Regions renew the alarm on the deficit due to a surplus of expenditure for the pandemic: "Repay Covid immediately or here you risk a short circuit".The councilor for health of the Tuscany Region Bezzini renews the concerns of the local authorities: "The announcements of an increase in resources of the National Health Fund for the next three years are positive, but there is a risk of a short circuit, even narrative: on the one hand the positive prospects for the next few years, on the other hand the heavy difficulties that the Regions are experiencing today ”. "To cover the deficits and close the health budgets in various regions in difficulty, a total of around 4 billion would already be needed in the maneuver. So far, discussions with the government have not given the desired results and there is still no solution. is to change the rules or receive a part of the health funds to be allocated immediately for maneuver, to then have the rest available in the course of 2022 ",says the president of the Abruzzo region, Marco Marsilio.