Healthcare reforms to hurt patients

Jul 01, 2009
By Kate McIntosh

RIGA - Patients in Latvia will remain the biggest losers of tough new healthcare reforms and ongoing political maneuvering, said the head of a leading disability advocacy group. Gunta Anca, chairperson of the Latvian Umbrella Body for Disability Organizations Sustento, told The Baltic Times patient advocacy groups had long been ignored in the decision making processes at the highest level. “It is proven by the fact that patients’ organizations are not involved in the development of a he ...

password reminder