PROGRAM OF GOVERNMENT 2017-2020 Tightly cooperating with the parents’ associations of children with rare diseases and special needs, the Government will propose new legal regulations, which will enable the care for this sensitive category to be more comprehensive and more reliable. Concerning dental medicine, the Government will initiate increase of the payment per capita for the personal dentists and basic free-of-charge dental packages for children up to 18 years of age. The Government will work on overcoming the situation of lack of prescription medicine after the 15-th day in the month and provision of greater accessibility of medicine. A system will be established which will prevent abuse of prescriptions and fake spending of the monthly quotas for medicine supply. Timely supply of insulin for the diabetes patients on a yearly level will prevent the transfer of the patients from analogue to human insulin. The list of medicine that are burden of FZOM will be reviewed once per year, with input of new medicines on the list and guaranteed presence of all medicine from the essential list of medicines. The Government will stand for having at least one kind of oral contraception to be put on the positive list. The Government will provide pharmacy subsidies in the rural areas through threeyear payment of a defined rent for business premises, subsidies of the healthcare and insurance costs in the period of three years and compensation of travel expenses in case the pharmacist lives at a distance greater than 20 km from the pharmacy. A new framework will be defined regarding the parallel import, appropriate to its role and function, and in compliance with the model that is applied in the EU countries and a more objective, transparent and internationally confirmed methodology for establishment of single medicine prices in the Republic of Macedonia will be introduced. In the selection of medicine and public announcement for their supply, representatives of relevant citizens associations in the area of health care protection will join the management bodies, as well as, representatives of the clubs and ill people associations (diabetes, hemodialysis, hypertension, breast cancer, HIV infection), as well as patients with rare diseases, patients from marginal communities and patients with special needs. Hence, exactly the final beneficiaries and selection of quality medicine will control the state and medical aid devices will be secured at the best price. The Government will urgently prepare an Action plan for financial consolidation of the public healthcare institutions, as well as a proposal for using the private hospitals resources for services that the public healthcare lacks at the moment through conclusion of agreements. Public Administration as a Service to Citizens The Government of the Republic of Macedonia will work on creation of competent and efficient, accountable and transparent administration that will provide quality services for the citizens and the business – sector and protect their rights. Applying the principles of fairness and competency in employment and objectivity in advancement and rewarding of public servants, the Government of the Republic of Macedonia will set up an administration free of parties’ couplings and devoted to solution of the citizens’ and legal entities’ problems, thus respecting the principles of legality and impartiality. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia will propose a new public administra36