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Healthcare: what each party thinks

3 questions, 36 party positions and 1 complete disagreement (how they are assigned).

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their manifestos, votes and statements. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Smer

Disagrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”

In between: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

PS

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

Hlas

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”; “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”

In between: “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Hnutie Slovensko

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

KDH

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

SaS

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

SNS

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”

In between: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Republika

Agrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”; “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Maďarská aliancia

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

In between: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Demokrati

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

Sme rodina

Agrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”

Disagrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

Právo na pravdu

Agrees: “There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones”

Disagrees: “Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level”; “Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad”

There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones.

There are currently three health insurers: the state-owned Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa and the private Dôvera and Union. Everyone chooses their own and can switch: more than 124,000 people switched for 2026.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 2 in favour, 2 in between and 8 against.

Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level.

The Constitution guarantees free healthcare under health insurance, on terms set by law. Hospitals can already charge for an above-standard stay if the patient asks for it in writing; the statement also covers above-standard treatment.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 8 in favour, 1 in between and 3 against.

Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad.

Waits for planned operations are long: at the end of August 2025 insurers had 80,784 referrals on their lists, and the median wait for a knee replacement was 349 days (ÚDZS). Doctors and nurses from outside the EU need their qualifications recognised to work in Slovakia.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 4 in between and 3 against.

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