President-elect Luis Abinader tweeted on Sunday, 9 August that by December 2020 all Dominicans that are not affiliated to medical plans would be given access to the government’s Family Health Plan. He said the medical coverage resources would come from the savings that will be obtained with the restructuring of government. The new financial authorities estimate they will have savings of RD$2 billion, which will be enough to add the missing two million Dominicans to the government insurance plan.
A feature in Listin Diario published today looks into the doubling in the number of employees and the 541% increase in the payroll from 2004 to 2016 under the Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina administrations.
A feature in Acento focuses on wasteful spending at the government power utilities.
A feature in Somos Pueblo looks into a US$14 million purchase order contracted with the brother-in-law of President Danilo Medina, a first-time government supplier of this kind of goods.
In her Saturday, 10 August TV show, Nuria Piera did a compilation of earlier reports on irregularities in dealings of family members and relatives of President Danilo Medina.
In an interview with Huchi Lora, sociologist Cándido Mercedes discusses the generalized “legalized corruption” in the Medina administration. Mercedes explained that over the past years instead of merging institutions, each government has created new agencies to add highly paid new employees and keep the old.
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Listin Diario
Listin Diario
Acento
Somos Pueblo
Nuria Piera
El Dia TV
10 August 2020