The Coalition Against Health Care Privatisation, comprising 81 NGOs, has come up with a People’s Proposal for health care financing that would not burden ordinary Malaysians especially those least able to afford higher health care costs.
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The Health Ministry has come up with a proposal to revamp the health care system. We look at the salient features of what they have in mind.
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Former Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dato' Dr Abdul Khalid bin Sahan has spoken out on why the free market does not work for health care. He also touched on some of the negative effects of the rapid growth in the number of private hospitals.
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Civil society is mobilising to protect the basic right to health care for all in the face of the government's plan to make Malaysians pay national health insurance premiums.
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Women must get involved in the health financing debate as they are major care providers and recipients in the health care system.
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As US pressure on Iran mounts, there is one secret that the boardroom kingpins would rather keep to themselves.
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Daim’s attempt to secure overwhelming influence over the consolidated banking industry was a major cause for the rift between him and Mahathir.
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While the Thai media and urban middle class have focused on the ongoing political deadlock in Bangkok in recent months, the violence in southern Thailand has continued unabated. There are huge question marks over the methods used by the Thai government in dealing with the situation in that region.
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A noisy crowd forces the Deputy Human Resources Minister and officials to skip their meals and discuss workers' demands instead.
The demise of The Sarawak Tribune leaves many wondering how serious the government is in promoting a democracy that values diversity and tolerance.
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