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US House passes health law repeal Politico.com 20.01.2011 | UK Government Plans Major Health Care ReformJILL LAWLESS ABC News 18.01.2011 |
 House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. |  Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday waded into terrain where past British governments have foundered, promising fundamental changes to the country's expensive and over-stressed public health care system. |
Boston modifies ambulance for obese patients up to 850 lbsStephen Smith The Boston Globe 12.01.2011 | Cheap drugs heat up Thailand's pharmaceutical marketChadamas Chinmaneevong Bangkok Post 12.01.2011 |
 In a super-sized world, it was perhaps inevitable: Boston’s Emergency Medical Services this month will begin deploying an ambulance equipped with a hydraulic lift to ease transport of the heaviest patients. |  Price competition in Thailand's pharmaceutical industry is expected to become fiercer this year, driven largely by an influx of cheap medicines from China and India. |
US House Republicans move to repeal Obama healthcareThomas Ferraro Reuters 04.01.2011 | Hospital Merger To Turn Thailand Into ASEAN�s New Medical Hub Tan Network 17.12.2010 |
 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to pass a bill next week to repeal President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, a senior party aide said on Monday, but the effort is widely expected to fail in the Senate. |  Two of Thailand’s leading medical groups have merged to become one. The formation of the new corporate medical group aims to turn Thailand into Southeast Asia’s new medical hub. |
Experts look carefully into medical hubApiradee Treerutkuarkul Bangkok Post 15.12.2010 | Obama's Health-Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional Over Insurance RequirementTom Schoenberg and Margaret Cronin Fisk Bloomberg.com 14.12.2010 |
 Turning Thailand into a regional medical hub, revived recently by the Abhisit government amid serious concerns over the effect on health care for Thais, has been put on the agenda of the third National Health Assembly which starts today. |  The Obama administration’s requirement that most citizens maintain minimum health coverage as part of a broad overhaul of the industry is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled, striking down the linchpin of the plan. |
Health Commission Casts Doubt On Thailand's Medical-Hub PolicyDuangkamon Sajirawattanakul The Nation 10.12.2010 | Thailand proceeds with Medical Hub II Bangkok Post 27.11.2010 |
 A Board of Investment offer of tax privileges to support plans to make Thailand a medical hub may contravene the health charter, National Health Commission secretary-general Dr Ampol Jindawattana told a news conference yesterday. |  It is widely accepted that Thailand is one of the few countries in the world that can provide the best possible health care for a reasonable cost. Last year, the country earned about 62 billion baht from overseas clients. In 2008, 1.36 million foreign patients came to Thailand for treatment, 20% of whom were Europeans, wrote Thanawat Petlorlian for Post Today. |
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