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Revive ailing public health system: iLIVE

03 April 2013 - 02:43 By STR, by e-mail
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The best way to combat the greedy private healthcare providers is to jack up public healthcare ("Private clinic prices probed", yesterday).

If patients know they can get equivalent care publicly, they will voluntarily move from the overpriced private healthcare system.

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