After the talks Deputy Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor told reporters that it was important for the Sanader cabinet to receive the assessment of unionists on the proposed reform in the health sector.
According to her, trade unions believe that the health reform is going in the right direction, while they have many objections to the reform in the pension system.
However, there are currently no funds in the budget for a new pension system reform, Kosor said.
Health Minister Neven Ljubicic and the head of the project aimed at reforming public health, Andrija Hebrang, will meet unionists on Friday for a new round of talks.
Two union leaders, Vilim Ribic and Ozren Matijasevic, agreed that first indicators showed that the public health reform was going in a good direction.
The unionists hailed an idea for separating the Croatian Health Insurance Institute from the executive authority. They also support the proposal that patients would not pay generic medicines, and would pay only a difference in the price when they use original (brand) medicines.
Unionists and the government will resume talks next week when they are expected to discuss work on Sundays and privatisation.