Over 1,500 employees of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) took part in a one-hour warning strike on 13 June organised by trade unions. The unions are calling for an increase on the basic salaries of all NHIF employees and the creation of at least 200 new full-time positions to ensure that the service can cope with new demand on the NHIF. The unions estimate that an extra BGN 10 million (€5.1 million) is needed to cover these costs and wants to ensure that this is include in the NHIF budget for 2022.
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