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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Isabel Debre

Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei's state overhaul mirrors Trump's

Argentina Waiting For Treatment - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

To outsiders, the Facebook group chat reads like a snarl of nonsensical emojis and letters. To uninsured Argentine cancer patients, it’s a lifeline.

The surreptitious network connects advocates who have spare drugs to Argentines with cancer who lost access to their treatment in March 2024 when President Javier Milei suspended a federal agency, known as DADSE, that paid for their expensive medications.

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