Greece was successful 2nd spot successful EU By the level of poorness and marginalization of radical with disabilities. The situation is worse lone successful Bulgariatestify to caller information National Confederation of Disabled (Esamea).
In 2024, each 2nd Greek with disabilities astatine the property of 16–64 lived successful poorness oregon was socially excluded. Among radical implicit 65 – three retired of ten. This is the effect of ten -year crises, and successful 2025 the situation finishes expanding prices for everything – from products to wellness care.
Debts and lodging are strangling
Greece Leading successful EU By stock of radical with disabilities with expired debts – 44.5%. A third of the households (33%) spend a subprocessed portion of the income connected housing. For many, the extortion implicit your caput is luxury.
No work, medicine is dear
In the economy, radical with disabilities are simply not expected: lone 25.3% progressive successful the labour market. Health attraction is different blow: 34.3% of aesculapian expenses person to beryllium paid from your ain pocket, this is the 2nd worst indicator successful EU. As a result, 8 retired of ten disabled radical chopped disconnected nutrient and basal needs to wage for treatment.
“Marginalized and excluded”
Esamea Says astir “”dangerous κοινωνικά condition“: The precocious outgo of housing, rising prices for goods, substance and electricity, positive further costs of disablement and chronic diseases marque beingness impossible. Pensioners with disabilities aft chopped pensions and prices hazard with implicit poorness and κοινωνικά insulation.
The mean disablement manual successful Greece – 330 euros per period (even with 95% of confirmed disability). Two years ago, it was “increased” by 8 euros. You get a wage oregon pension – they chopped the benefit. People without work and without a insured spouse are near without security astatine each and tin lone beryllium treated successful state hospitals, which are often successful tens of kilometers – particularly successful villages and connected the islands.
What ESAMEA requires
- an contiguous summation successful benefits and pensions;
- cancellation of the signifier of termination of payments during the employment of a disabled person;
- protection of the archetypal lodging from auctions;
- inclusion of radical with disabilities successful the programs of κοινωνικά probe on with ample families;
- tax benefits and enlargement of tax exemption Enfia for disabled radical ≥50%;
- reduction of VAT connected technical rehabilitation tools;
- Return of the nonfiction of the Law 4172/2013 connected tax deductions for aesculapian expanses.
The Confederation insists: it is indispensable to see its representatives successful each bodies readying and evaluating steadfast argumentation so that radical with disabilities person entree to afloat -fledged medicine and rehabilitation.
Government? “He does not care”
The occupation is systemic and multi -layer. But Conservative government prefers to unreal that thing terrible is happening. Esamea warns: without urgent measures, tens of thousands of radical will beryllium yet pushed into κοινωνικά sedents. And then it will not beryllium astir “extreme poverty”, but astir a implicit quality collapse.
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