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EU’s Austerity Cuts Adverse to Health

Published: March 27, 2013; 13:05 · (Vindobona)

EU’s austerity measures negatively affect citizen’s health, is the result of a health study carried out by “The Lancet”. The Commission was supposed to examine the political effects.

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According to a study by the medical journal “The Lancet”, which was published on Wednesday, deep cuts in household budgets and an increasing unemployment rate lead, among other things, to a decreasing income. This is the reason why people would consult doctors less often and were not able to afford the medication they needed.

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EU’s Austerity Cuts Adverse to Health

EU’s austerity measures negatively affect citizen’s health, is the result of a health study carried out by “The Lancet”. The Commission was supposed to examine the political effects.

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