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  • States developing public options may offer the federal government valuable lessons in expanding access to care at a lower cost.

    Privatised health services worsen pandemic

    Originally published: JOMO on August 15, 2021 (more by JOMO)  |

    Decades of public health cuts have quietly taken a huge human toll, now even more pronounced with the pandemic. Austerity programmes, by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, have forced countries to cut public spending, including health provisioning.