Spain’s Hard-Hit Health Care System

Spain’s unemployment registers at nearly 22 percent in the last quarter, that’s Europe’s highest jobless rate.

With revenues shrinking, Spain has had to slash spending. One hard-hit sector is health care.

In Spain, health care is state-run and state-financed — and the state is spending less.

Now health providers and patients say they’re feeling the impact.

The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.

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