Health Care Systems Around the World: Italy’s Health Care
July 19th, 2009
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Italy’s national health care is rated second in the world by the WHO. However, a closer look will show that there is trouble plaguing this system from a crippling bureaucracy, mismanagement, general disorganization, spiraling cost, and long waiting lines.
The Italian constitution was changed in 2001 so that the national government now sets the “essential levels of care” and regional governments still control their budgets and resources to Read more…