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Sura Exits Colombia’s Health System Amid Government Takeover

TL/DR - Colombian insurance firm Sura is withdrawing from the national health system, citing inadequate funding from the government for managing over 5 million patients. Critics of Colombia's left-wing government accuse it of trying to force private insurers out of the market to favor publicly owned companies. Former President Alvaro Uribe and…

Facing the True Health Care Crisis: Overuse of ‘Crisis’ Label

TL/DR - The term "health care crisis" is routinely used, but the overuse of the term may be detracting from the real issues, according to a Forbes analysis. An analysis of a column entitled “Two Health Care Cost Crises” by health policy expert Drew Altman suggests that the crisis of national health expenditures and the crisis of individual costs…