{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='FEARS ANTI-BAILOUT VOTE WILL WORSEN HEALTH CARE CRISIS' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c361d8eafeecae160d89' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c361d8eafeecae160d89' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nFEARS ANTI-BAILOUT VOTE WILL WORSEN HEALTH CARE CRISIS\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eGreece's healthcare system is on life support and depending on what the outcome of Sunday's elections is, many Greeks feel the plug could be pulled.For Golfo Gemistou, vice-president of the Hellenic Diabetes Association and a diabetes...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eGreece's healthcare system is on life support and depending on what the outcome of Sunday's elections is, many Greeks feel the plug could be pulled.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Golfo Gemistou, vice-president of the Hellenic Diabetes Association and a diabetes patient herself, the pending health crisis is a huge problem. \u003cbr/\u003eShe relies on hundreds of euros worth of medication and medical supplies per month to treat her type 1 diabetes. \u003cbr/\u003eShe says without proper monitoring and medications, the consequences could be dire.\u003cbr/\u003eLast week Greece's diabetes association claimed thousands of lives were at risk after pharmacists cut credit to the debt-crippled country's largest healthcare fund, leaving many sufferers unable to pay for medication. \u003cbr/\u003eFifty-two year-old Gemistou thinks Greece could be facing a serious humanitarian crisis, as (m) millions of people with chronic diseases could be deprived of the medicines their bodies depend on for everyday survival. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We fear we will not have our medications. Those of us who use an insulin pump fear we won't have it for much longer because of its high cost and cost for other necessary medical supplies. We fear for our drugs. I fear that a situation like Argentina's awaits us and that it isn't a long way off,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eGovernment officials and pharmacists resorted to a temporary fix after a two-week standoff over about half a (b) billion euros in outstanding state-subsidised medication bills.\u003cbr/\u003eThe credit freeze meant that members of the EOPYY fund, which represents more than 9 (m) million of the nation's 11 (m) million people, now must pay the full cost of their medication, which the fund normally subsidises by an average 75 percent.\u003cbr/\u003e\"For years we had been hearing 'crisis, crisis, crisis,' but none of us anticipated how deep this crisis would be. None of us. None of us. Very suddenly we found ourselves in a difficult situation,\" Gemistou said. \u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to Gemistou's monthly medical expenses, she and her husband have taken in their children who are in their early 30's. \u003cbr/\u003eHer unemployed daughter, a single mother with a young child has returned to the family home, so has her son who works in the family furniture company.  \u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Gemistou, her husband was recently forced to lay off most of his work force in order to keep the company afloat. \u003cbr/\u003eJust six months after it was formed with the merger of four major funds, EOPYY owes pharmacists some 540 (m) million euros (670 (m) million US dollars), which includes debts it inherited. \u003cbr/\u003ePharmacists, who complain that the government refuses to offset EOPYY's debts against their tax dues, cut off credit to the fund last month.   \u003cbr/\u003eBailout-reliant Greece is trapped in an acute financial and political crisis, with a new national election set for June 17, the second in six weeks.   \u003cbr/\u003eIts creditors have warned that a victory by anti-austerity parties, which are running high in opinion polls, could freeze its cash lifeline and eventually force it out of the euro currency, plunging the country into even deeper misery. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that most of us will cast a reactionary vote. We will react to the families that have governed us all these years. We've seen them. We've lived with them. We gave them many opportunities. I believe that in part, we participated in what we're living through today in our country through the decisions that we made over the years. I believe that now we must react and send them a message,\" Gemistou said.\u003cbr/\u003eTo secure massive bailout loans, Greece implemented Europe's harshest austerity programme, repeatedly slashing pensions and salaries while constantly raising taxes.\u003cbr/\u003eThe cutbacks deepened the economy's recession, now in its fifth year, and led to record-high unemployment of more than 21 percent.\u003cbr/\u003eThat in turn has battered debt-heavy social security funds, whose members' contributions have nosedived. \u003cbr/\u003eThe health ministry also said it had secured the \"understanding\" of companies that supply hospitals. \u003cbr/\u003eBut it warned that there remained a risk of current stockpiles running out. \u003cbr/\u003eGreeks go the polls this weekend again after an inconclusive May 6 ballot left no party with enough Parliamentary seats to form a government. \u003cbr/\u003eOpinion polls published ahead of a two-week pre-election ban showed that no party was likely to win enough votes on Sunday to form a government on its own, meaning more coalition talks will be needed. \u003cbr/\u003eAntonis Samaras' Greek conservative New Democracy party has been running neck-and-neck in recent opinion polls with the radical left Syriza, which came in a surprise second on May 6.\u003cbr/\u003eSamaras has pledged to stick to Greece's pledges for further cutbacks and reforms, with some adjustments to improve the position of poorer Greeks and boost growth, while Syriza's leader, Alexis Tsipras, has vowed to cancel Greece's bailout commitments.\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 7 June 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of diabetes patient Golfo Gemistou opening cabinet filled with medicines, zoom in on interior of cabinet\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of case filled with medicines and syringes\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of Gemistou pricking her finger and placing blood onto test strip in machine for sugar level screening\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Golfo Gemistou, diabetes patient and vice-president of the Hellenic Diabetes Association: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We fear we will not have our medications. Those of us who use an insulin pump fear we won't have it for much longer because of its high cost and cost for other necessary medical supplies. We fear for our drugs. I fear that a situation like Argentina's awaits us and that it isn't a long way off.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of coffee brewing on camping gas burner; tilt up to Gemistou\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of Gemistou in kitchen\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Golfo Gemistou, diabetes patient and vice-president of the Hellenic Diabetes Association: \u003cbr/\u003e\"For years we had been hearing \"crisis, crisis, crisis,\" but none of us anticipated how deep this crisis would be. None of us. None of us. Suddenly we found ourselves in a difficult situation.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of photograph of Gemistou and her husband\u003cbr/\u003e9. Gemistou and her husband drinking coffee, tilt down to grandchild\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of toy, box full of mediation behind it\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of photograph showing Gemistou and grandson as a baby\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of photographs\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Golfo Gemistou,  diabetes patient and vice-president of the Hellenic Diabetes Association: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that most of us will cast a reactionary vote. We will react to the families that have governed us all these years. We've seen them. We've lived with them. We gave them many opportunities. I believe that in part, we participated in what we're living through today in our country through the decisions that we made over the years. I believe that now we must react and send them a message.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 8 June 2012\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of green cross outside pharmacy\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of pharmacy\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide interior of pharmacy with Gemistou at counter\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of medication on counter\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pharmacist putting medication through till; pull out to show Gemistou at counter taking out money to pay\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close-up of money in Gemistou's hands\u003cbr/\u003e20. 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