HBI Deals+Insights / Healthcare Reform

Swedish private sector could face restrictive rules as early as 2015

The new minority Social Democrat government has published a radical manifesto, which could eradicate the for-profit sector from the Swedish healthcare, care and education landscape. A commission will report back by March 2016. We look at the manifesto and analyse the likely impact immediately and, also, in 2-3 years time. Prof Anders Anell at Lund University reckons for-profit could face new restrictions in early 2015.

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