Spain Seeks to Block Private Firms from Running State Hospitals

Spain’s health minister has a plan to fix the country’s healthcare system: stop private companies from running public hospitals.

“I won’t tell anyone how to spend their own money,” Health Minister Mónica García said in an interview. “But public funds must be invested in healthcare — not in the profit margins of private companies,” she said in reference to an upcoming bill that seeks to ban private operators from managing public hospitals.