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...years." But the surgeons say that's not enough. The dispute is part of a larger government effort to control health-care costs. It's a struggle that's playing itself out across Europe: as populations age and demand rises for ever more complex and expensive treatments, health-care reform has become absolutely urgent - but it remains politically radioactive. As recently as 2000, the World Health Organization called France's universal health-care system the best anywhere. Today its health-insurance scheme is in critical condition, and hemorrhaging money: this year it will rack up €12.9 billion more...
...Germany is further along the reform path on which France is now gingerly embarking. After a scorching debate that enlivened leftist opposition to the Social Democratic?Green coalition of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the government launched its reform in January. Its controversial centerpiece: a €10 Praxisgebühr, or quarterly fee every patient must pay on the first doctor's visit during that three-month period. The fee was widely attacked by doctors and patients alike as awkward and onerous. But along with costlier fees for unreferred visits to specialists, a larger patient share of drug costs...
...kingdom in four decades; to choose half the members of 178 municipal councils; in Riyadh. The vote will take place in three stages, starting in November after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and finishing in January 2005. The elections are part of a campaign to introduce political reform to the tradition-bound country, although Saudi women's rights activists complain that suffrage will not be extended to women...
REUNITED Having finished his 50minute address, Kerry turns to embrace his running mate. In the speech, much of which he says he wrote himself, Kerry promised to reform U.S. intelligence, expand the armed forces and roll back tax cuts for the rich to invest in health care, education and job creation
...been uncovered this year. One Tiny Step SAUDI ARABIA Government officials in Riyadh announced the country's first-ever nationwide elections, to choose half the members of 178 municipal councils, in three stages between November and January 2005. The polls are part of a broader campaign to introduce political reform in the conservative kingdom, but women's-rights advocates complain that eligibility will probably not be extended to women...