Bulgarians make the biggest co-payments for drugs within the EU despite the fact that the country has the community's lowest prices, shows a Eurostat survey. The Bulgarian public institutions (National Health Insurance Fund and Ministry of Health) cover only 44% of drug costs which compares with 69% in Slovenia, 54% in Romania, 85% in Greece and 62% in Hungary. At the same time, Bulgaria levies the highest VAT rate on medicines, 20%.