Spanish Health Care Is ‘Unsustainable,’ Minister Tells La Razon
By Angeline Benoit -
2012-04-08T09:54:23Z
The Spanish health-care system is currently “unsustainable,” Minister Ana Mato told newspaper La Razon in an interview.
The government will create an agency to assess which drugs and services are efficient, La Razon cited Mato as saying. The quality of service will be the only criteria, not cost, and cheap drugs will still be covered by the tax-funded system, Mato said.
The government will guarantee a system that remains free for patients and doesn’t lead to unpaid bills for suppliers, the minister told the paper.
To contact the reporter on this story: Angeline Benoit in Madrid at abenoit4@bloomberg.net
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