Bribes for health care are alive and well in Hungary:
Hungarians grew up giving communist-era doctors what they call “gratitude money” to secure comforts not provided by the state. Hungarians now pay doctors as much as 100 billion forint under the table a year, Health Minister Agnes Horvath says. The practice inflates Hungary’s health budget as doctors prescribe unnecessary procedures in hopes of maximizing illicit income, she says.
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