"Free health care was never so expensive"

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.