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Read the following press release issued by OECD. It provides links to its last survey on healthcare spending. Check it out!

Growth in health spending grinds to a halt.

Here is hard evidence that countries savaged by the Euro crisis, like Greece and Ireland have severely cut healthcare spending. It is significant that the UK seems to be maintaining it’s spending – why?

What lessons do you think that the UK should learn from this survey about its cost of public healthcare?