http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2015/images/whs_india.jpgBut the ugly truth of a damaged medicine, available only to those with money to afford it, has to be masked with some sugar coated promises for the consumption of the public -- hence the coinage of the term "Universal Health Care" with PPP as the main plank. . . . The motive behind the "Universal Heath Care with PPP" slogan becomes clear from IMF's own analysis of the origin of PPPs in health care: "PPPs began to emerge significantly as a means of obtaining private sector capital and management expertise for infrastructure investment, both to carry on where privatization had left off and as an alternative where there had been obstacles to privatization. After a modest start, a wave of PPPs is now beginning to sweep the world."

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