The cabinet is expected to put the issue on its agenda again at the end of May, she added.

She said the government undertook to reform medicine price subsidies in the budget restructuring plan entitled the Széll Kálmán Plan in order to “spend public funds earmarked for this purpose more intelligently.”

Cabinet officials have been consulting the affected organisations for several weeks, she said. All these organisations havel sent their views to the government on the planned changes. “No views entirely contradicting the government plans have been received”, Nagy said.