The Cabinet has allocated an additional 1.5 billion rubles for the provision of Russians with drugs
It is noted that in the first quarter of 2017, the number of citizens entitled to receive state social assistance increased by 199,7 thousand.
TASS, August 22. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on increase in subventions on provision of separate categories of citizens with medicines, medical products and specialized products of medical nutrition for children with disabilities.
The document was published Tuesday on the government website.
“In the first quarter of 2017, the number of citizens entitled to receive state social assistance increased by 199,7 thousand people and made 3462,98 thousand. In this regard, the budget allocation increased by 1,497 billion (up 33,106 billion rubles)”, — stated in the explanatory note to the document.
The document was reviewed and approved at the meeting of the government of the Russian Federation on 17 August 2017.