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NHSO budget shortfall forcing medical fee hike, Democrats say

The government's failure to sufficiently fund the National Health Security Office (NHSO) has caused state hospitals to raise their medical fees, the Democrats say.

Thianchai Suwanpen, a Demcorat MP for Tak, yesterday questioned the Public Health Ministry's plan to increase medical service fees at state hospitals.

Yingluck Shinawatra's Pheu Thai government is not disbursing enough money to the NHSO, he said.

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