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Article: Healthcare industry a ticking time bomb
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- Daily Mirror
- Article date:
- August 24, 2009
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Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- All what has been stated are what every Sri Lankan will want to see in the election manifestos of political parties.
The US is the only industrialized country which has put health in the market. President Obama wants to change this and let the government play a major role. Mr. Obama's reforms are very relevant to Sri Lanka where government policy is to let the private sector play a major role in the lucrative curative sector.
The US is the only industrialized nation to lack a comprehensive healthcare plan. The US spent nearly 2.7 trillion US dollars in 2007 or US$ 7,421 a person, nearly twice the average of all other developed nations. Americans spend more on ...