[Opinion] PCP leader criticizes Government for privatizing health centers in the “25th hour”

Opinion Enrique Vázquez Quintana* The Health Reform of Puerto Rico began in September 1994 in the Fajardo region. On the way all the health centers of the villages were sold as well as the district and regional hospitals. The government took away as a provider of medical services to the medical-indigent population and hired those services with private insurance companies whose main aspiration is profit. The new health system has faced serious pr…

“The Government is not responding to the problems of the country's life and people's lives. On the contrary, it is not turning every problem into a business opportunity,” said the communist leader in Arraiolos, in the district of Évora, speaking to journalists. On the sidelines of a regional lunch for the 104th anniversary of the PCP, under the motto, “Project, Struggle, Trust”, which took place in the multipurpose pavilion of this Alentejo vill…