Spain’s Hard-Hit Health Care System
The symbol on this protest poster is clear: Enough with the budget cuts. (Photo: Gerry Hadden)
Spain’s unemployment registers at nearly 22 percent in the last quarter, that’s Europe’s highest jobless rate.
With revenues shrinking, Spain has had to slash spending. One hard-hit sector is health care.
In Spain, health care is state-run and state-financed — and the state is spending less.
Now health providers and patients say they’re feeling the impact.
The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
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