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    ARMENIA'S HEALTH CARE NEEDS RADICAL CHANGES - PRIME MINISTER

    NEWS.AM
    November 16, 2012 | 14:40

    YEREVAN. - Radical changes are needed in Armenia's healthcare sector,
    PM Tigran Sargsyan stated Friday speaking at the Armenian State
    University of Economics.

    In his words, the past-twenty-year discussions were about how much the
    healthcare funding should be, and this is not the right approach. "The
    country needs to find the correct organizational approach, owing
    to which greater results can be achieved with less funding. I find
    that radical changes need to be made in the healthcare sector. [And]
    We have taken the first steps; it was the introduction of [health]
    insurance system," Sargsyan noted.

    Also, the Premier said it is important to correctly decide upon the
    right rate for the state funding of health care. At present, huge
    sums of money are allocated to this sector yet the state-funded fees
    are 2-3 times lower than the market fees that are charged, and this,
    as per Armenia's PM, is the basis for corruption.

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