As the second year of open enrollment for President Obama’s landmark health care reform draws to an end, GPPR editor Andrew Shell examines how the law is measuring up to its goals and its political viability.
Checking the Pulse of Health Care Reform
Providing Free Health Care to Egypt’s Poor: The Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation
In 2008, after decades of international recognition, world-renowned Egyptian-British heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub decided to redirect his efforts to his country of birth. With a frail economy and coronary heart disease being the leading cause of death in Egypt, Yacoub saw a dire need to raise the health care standards and bring essential treatment to those most in need.