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Christus deal first of many in Colombia

Texas healthcare group Christus Health is investing $35m in Coomeva, the second largest payor in Colombian public healthcare as well as some provision. It will pump cash into Coomeva's faulty insurance operation and grow its provider network once the sector liberalizes in 2016. Industry expert Carlos Felipe Muñoz thinks that this is the first of many deals as the sector opens up to foreign private investment.

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