WILLEMSTAD - The Committee for Financial Supervision (CFT) advises the Pisas government to intervene drastically in the legal drug trade. According to chairman Raymond Gradus, Curaçao pays 351 guilders per inhabitant in medicines. That is much higher than in Aruba, for example.
The government can save up to 40 million guilders annually by forcing pharmacies to supply generic medicines.
Care in Curaçao costs the community 543 million guilders annually. Less than half of this amount comes from premium levy.