Fernandez speaks tonight

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to address the nation about the immediate future of the Family Health Plan (SFS) at 9pm tonight. The President's speech will be broadcast on CERTV and Dominicana FM. After much debate the social health plan is due to begin next Friday, but there are still a number of issues that the government, doctors' representatives and the business sector have not been able to resolve. These sticking points, still unresolved so close to the entrance date, led President Leonel Fernandez to take charge of the talks in the hope of providing a solution. Fernandez has stated that the SFS will go ahead as planned. Diario Libre writes that the President will also use his speech to announce reductions in the taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Consumption of both products has decreased ever since government imposed new taxes, which in turn has resulted in a decrease in the amount of revenue collected by the government.

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