Keyword: «problems of getting free medical care»

The Soviet state provided Soviet citizens with free medical care. The 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation also preserved this approach, which is known to most citizens of modern Russia, giving everyone (that is, any person, and not just a citizen of the Russian Federation) the right to get medical care and health protection. Moreover, the Constitution of the Russian Federation still contains rules indicating that medical help is provided to citizens free of charge in state and municipal health care institutions at the expense of the corresponding budget, insurance contributions, and other funds. This right of the Russian Federation citizens makes numerous state and municipal institutions responsible for providing free medical care. Recently, however, they have received the right to provide paid medical services on the basis of contracts with companies, institutions and organizations, their employees, as well as with individual citizens, although this does not entirely consistent with the status of the state health system institutions financed from state budgets. This and other remaining problems of legal regulation concerning free medical care for Russian citizens are considered in this article.