There's a general poll next Sunday in Hungary, we have to vote about two things, or rather, say aye or nay to two questions:
a) Should the privatization of hospitals and other health care institutions be stopped and prohibited once and for all?
b) Should the Hungarian people living outside the Hungarian borders be given dual citizenship by the mother country?
These are rather matters of great concern now, and there are pros and cons to both yes and no, principles vs. reality + the conservatives (yes-yes) and the socialists (no-no) opposing each other totally in both questions + I'm not sure it's worth going to vote anyway, so I simply can't decide. That's why I'm asking about your opinion. (As it seems after all I'm gonna have the possibility to go and vote, which, even though I have my doubts about the value of my vote, I decided to do.)
Health care is quite shitty in Hungary in a lot of places, plus we have this porket money thing that's going on in the state financed sector, meaning health care is supposed to be reduced from your salary so it's "free", but if you want to be treated decently, in most cases you pay extra into the pocket of the docs and nurses. So I wouldn't mind private hospitals at all, if I have to pay anyway when bad comes to worse and I have to go to hospital, at least I know how much and what for and I get a bill. On the other hand, large-scale privatization alone might not put an end to all of this.
The other question about the dual citizens is even harder, they say it'd cost too much to the country, all the non-Hungy Hungies getting all the benefits and not actually working for the nation cause they'd stay in their home, but I think it's a shitty situation for them now that they're excluded from the EU and treated as barbarians simply on geographical grounds (well, we are treated as barbarians too, but at least we're in).
So, if you've bothered to read this far, what do you think?
a) Should the privatization of hospitals and other health care institutions be stopped and prohibited once and for all?
b) Should the Hungarian people living outside the Hungarian borders be given dual citizenship by the mother country?
These are rather matters of great concern now, and there are pros and cons to both yes and no, principles vs. reality + the conservatives (yes-yes) and the socialists (no-no) opposing each other totally in both questions + I'm not sure it's worth going to vote anyway, so I simply can't decide. That's why I'm asking about your opinion. (As it seems after all I'm gonna have the possibility to go and vote, which, even though I have my doubts about the value of my vote, I decided to do.)
Health care is quite shitty in Hungary in a lot of places, plus we have this porket money thing that's going on in the state financed sector, meaning health care is supposed to be reduced from your salary so it's "free", but if you want to be treated decently, in most cases you pay extra into the pocket of the docs and nurses. So I wouldn't mind private hospitals at all, if I have to pay anyway when bad comes to worse and I have to go to hospital, at least I know how much and what for and I get a bill. On the other hand, large-scale privatization alone might not put an end to all of this.
The other question about the dual citizens is even harder, they say it'd cost too much to the country, all the non-Hungy Hungies getting all the benefits and not actually working for the nation cause they'd stay in their home, but I think it's a shitty situation for them now that they're excluded from the EU and treated as barbarians simply on geographical grounds (well, we are treated as barbarians too, but at least we're in).
So, if you've bothered to read this far, what do you think?
