The Panhellenic Medical Association (PIS) filed an appeal with the Council of State asking for the annulment of the claw back measure on the grounds of being against the constitution, the Treaty Establishing the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The claw back is the mechanism for the automatic reimbursement of funds for excessive health care spending. The mechanism in question provides for the “retroactive reduction of legal and contractual payment of doctors and other health care providers” (Medical Centers, etc.) for services provided to citizens insured under the National Organisation for Health Care (EOPYY).

According to Panhellenic Medical Association, the claw back mechanism obliges doctors to refund money they have not received as EOPYY pays the legal fees to doctors after months of delay.