Colombia's national government declared a social emergency to save the country's healthcare system that is on the brink of collapse. The government needs a trillion pesos (US$500 million) to rescue the current system.
According to Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the contry's healthcare system needs at least a US$400 million stimulus to be healthy again. Without this money, health authorities fear that insurance companies will not be able to pay the hospitals.
Through temporary fiscal measures carried out during the period of social emergency between January 12 and 22 and the implementation of new regulation, the government hopes to avoid a collapse of the healthcare system.
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Kalcu
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... It seems easy to fix if the world would stop going in for minor things, work on the old, the young and the seriously endangered. In America doctors get a little pen happy with the orders, not my best friends. Plus the US Medical association/establishment has a lot of world effect. |
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