Spending on US health care is out of control, expanding steadily from 5% of GDP in 1960 to 18% in 2018. There are, however, ways to curb the explosion in costs from both the demand and the supply side. Health care costs per capita in the US are almost double those of other developed countries, but life expectancy is lower ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The value of financial aid and other social benefits provided by the Federal Government to UAE citizens in the first nine months of 2019 increased to AED5.55 billion, a two percent rise compared to the same period in 2018, according to the Ministry of Finance. Government expenses categorised as financial aid and social benefits accounted for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt have issued a joint statement rejecting the Turkish parliament’s passing of the motion earlier this week to allow a military intervention in Libya. Saudi Arabia’s Consultative Assembly issued the joint statement, along with the UAE’s Federal National Council, Egypt’s House of Representatives, and Bahrain’s Consultative Council, in light of ...