{"id":626573,"date":"2018-07-05T04:02:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/05\/plagiarizing-the-government-could-be-a-form-of-flattery\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:02:14","slug":"plagiarizing-the-government-could-be-a-form-of-flattery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/07\/05\/plagiarizing-the-government-could-be-a-form-of-flattery\/","title":{"rendered":"Plagiarizing the government could be a form of flattery"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just can\u2019t stomach any more opinion writers who steal government policies and regurgitate them as policy suggestions<\/strong>. Today\u2019s example, is a piece by Alaa Ghanem for Al Shorouk<\/a> that suggests a road map to implement the Universal Healthcare Act must not get bogged down due to the lack of a clear roadmap. Ghanem\u2019s entire policy \u2014 from upgrading hospitals and the training doctors to developing an insurance scheme \u2014 barely differs from that of the government. We guess plagiarizing the government could be considered a form of flattery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We just can\u2019t stomach any more opinion writers who steal government policies and regurgitate them as policy suggestions. Today\u2019s example, is a piece by Alaa Ghanem for Al Shorouk that suggests a road map to implement the Universal Healthcare Act must not get bogged down due to the lack of a clear roadmap. 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