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“Customer First” Healthcare

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David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. Today, 77% of consumers say they use online reviews as the first step in finding a new physician. Do they conduct surveys?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

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The 2-year model, which was also backed by the Bank of Israel, will allow the government to present a long term plan and maintain market stability. The ministers also unanimously approved Steinitz’s proposal to implement a calculation system that would increase the government’s annual expense rate from 1.7%

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