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Our View: Gesy’s billions demand real accountability

CyprusMail 21 Feb 2026
The budget of the HIO (Health Insurance Organisation), which administers Gesy, will exceed €2 billion this year ... This will not always be the case, and there could be a period in the foreseeable future when the HIO must cope with a smaller budget.
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MPs approve €2.13bn HIO budget amid Gesy concerns

CyprusMail 19 Feb 2026
MPs on Thursday passed the 2026 budget for the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) but still grumbled about the state of public healthcare. The HIO is the agency administering Gesy – the national, single-payer healthcare system.
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Patients face sharp rise in drug co-payments after patent expiries

Philenews 18 Feb 2026
The patients, many of them low-income pensioners, are caught in a bind ... The federation has called on the HIO and pharmaceutical companies to enter urgent talks, with OSAK participation, to fix the problem ... ....
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Patient watchdog records 48 complaints in January as Larnaca hospital faces three death probes

Philenews 17 Feb 2026
SHSO , private providers, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), and the Ministry of Health ... The HIO, OSAK said, must take immediate action — both to correct existing distortions and to adopt new policies aimed at protecting patients.
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The three hours that slipped away — and a country still asking why

Philenews 12 Feb 2026
Because usually, the people running SHSO — and frankly the HIO too — are forever moaning that there’s no money for anything ... — the organisation stands to lose several million in HIO funding.
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Patient misses lung transplant due to air carrier unavailability

CyprusMail 11 Feb 2026
A patient in need missed the opportunity for a lung transplant abroad because none of the collaborating air carriers was able to make the flight, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Wednesday.
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Man lost lung transplant after no air ambulance was available, family says

Philenews 10 Feb 2026
The transplant was given to another patient ... “The HIO did not get in touch to apologise ... The HIO, for its part, has cited tight timeframes and the need for better planning in the future ....
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HIO announces changes to drug prices

CyprusMail 04 Feb 2026
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Wednesday announced that it has proceeded with its annual adjustment of medication prices, resulting in changes to 291 medications, most of which have increased in price.
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Private hospital hit with €30,000 fine for repeatedly dumping insurance claims on HIO

Philenews 29 Jan 2026
The Health Insurance Organisation has fined a private hospital €30,000 after it repeatedly failed to submit compensation claims on time, forcing HIO to process the paperwork itself ... HIO’s ...
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MPs told Gesy funding secure despite system risks

CyprusMail 29 Jan 2026
The House health committee was discussing the 2026 budget of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) which runs Gesy ... On this, the HIO told MPs that as of May it intends to take over the running of the IT system itself.
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Patients to use QR codes for prescriptions after privacy complaints

Philenews 20 Jan 2026
HIOIT Director�Marios Tziakouris said patients can already avoid verbal disclosure by presenting their identity card, which contains all necessary information ... ....
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HIO warns of SMS scam targeting Gesy beneficiaries

CyprusMail 19 Jan 2026
The HIO said similar warnings were issued last November and again in December, yet the scam persists.
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Gesy IT failures raise calls for contingency plan

CyprusMail 15 Jan 2026
He pointed out that the disruption affected patients whose healthcare is funded collectively through contributions paid to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), adding that “it’s sad that there isn’t software that works properly.”.
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