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Romania: Back to the drawing board

Expect an interlude of a year before any major reforms are unveiled in Romania. January saw the president withdraw his controversial plans to introduce a Dutch model with competing insurers buying services. That followed a week of riots. Last week the Minister of Health said that he did not expect any new reforms to see the light until 2013. Conveniently, that kicks them down the road after this autumn’s elections....

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