On February 28, 2013 the government enacted a universal state health insurance program designed to provide insurance to all those citizens in Georgia currently without it. This initiative will help make health care accessible across the country, and is thereby undeniably a positive step.

On 28 February, 2013, a new universal healthcare program was added to the existing two state insurance programs, making state-sponsored health insurance available on a massive scale.

Transparency International Georgia has examined the latest proposed amendments to the Law on Free Trade and Competition by Koba Davitashvili, MP.

A wave of protests took place at hospitals in the regions and in Tbilisi last week. The protests were organized by the medical personnel who where dissatisfied with their overdue and decreasing salary, and the way the hospitals have been managed by the new owners.

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