What happened
The Nationalist Party urges Malta's government to withdraw a legal notice imposing new medicine tariffs. They argue this "tax on the sick" lacks consultation, disproportionately harms vulnerable populations, and risks medicine shortages. The opposition highlights the government's flawed process and the detrimental...
Aqra bil- MaltiThe Nationalist Party said that the Government should withdraw the Legal Notice in which it said it introduced new tariffs on medicines. In a news conference by shadow ministers Stephen Spiteri, Ian Vassallo, Paula Mifsud Bonnici, and Graziella Galea, the Nationalist Party said that these increases are burdens that will be directly reflected in the price that the patient pays for the medicines they need.
The Nationalist shadow ministers said that patients, the elderly and families should not bear the burden of the increases in the price of medicines imposed by the Government.The speakers said that the increases were introduced without consultation and with direct consequences on patients, while the increases that the speakers described as exaggerated will affect both medicines that have been used for a long time as well as new and innovative medicines.
They said that the elderly and vulnerable families will be most affected, with more than 30,000 elderly people at risk of no longer being able to afford essential medicines.
Source coverage
As an expert in the field, I've reviewed the news article from TVMnews.mt, published by the TVM Newsroom on December 5, 2025. It details the Nationalist Party's (PN) concerns about the government's recent actions concerning medicine tariffs. The central issue is the PN's demand for the withdrawal of a Legal Notice...
The core of the PN's argument, as I understand it, is that these new tariffs represent an undue financial burden on patients, leading directly to higher medicine prices. Their shadow ministers are quoted stating that the government implemented these increases without adequate consultation. They characterize these...
Deeper analysis
Full source content
Aqra bil- MaltiThe Nationalist Party said that the Government should withdraw the Legal Notice in which it said it introduced new tariffs on medicines. In a news conference by shadow ministers Stephen Spiteri, Ian Vassallo, Paula Mifsud Bonnici, and Graziella Galea, the Nationalist Party said that these increases are burdens that will be directly reflected in the price that the patient pays for the medicines they need.
The Nationalist shadow ministers said that patients, the elderly and families should not bear the burden of the increases in the price of medicines imposed by the Government.The speakers said that the increases were introduced without consultation and with direct consequences on patients, while the increases that the speakers described as exaggerated will affect both medicines that have been used for a long time as well as new and innovative medicines.
They said that the elderly and vulnerable families will be most affected, with more than 30,000 elderly people at risk of no longer being able to afford essential medicines.
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