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Argentina's Health Crisis Deepens Amid Austerity Cuts

6/18/2025

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Argentina's public health system is in crisis following President Javier Milei's austerity measures initiated in December 2023. The closure of the DADSE agency has deprived cancer patients of vital medications, resulting in rising illness and fatalities. With health budgets cut by 48%, public hospitals are overwhelmed, facing severe shortages and a desperate struggle to care for the sick.

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Argentina's public health system is in crisis following President Javier Milei's austerity measures initiated in December 2023. The closure of the DADSE agency has deprived cancer patients of vital medications, resulting in rising illness and fatalities. With health budgets cut by 48%, public hospitals are overwhelmed, facing severe shortages and a desperate struggle to care for the sick.