Abstract
Sixteen years after Law 100 was passed, the national health system is unable to guarantee the fundamental right to life to all Colombians. In recent years, this permanent claim has been covered by the media, which has given high visibility to this topic of public debate: this is shown through a study sample consisting of 1,265 items collected between March 1st and June 30th, 2007, from 14 national and regional newspapers and TV news reports. Even though efforts to improve information-coverage standards are evident, high quality levels are still to be attained. The logic of information follows globalization patterns, which often causes commercial interests to prevail over preventive coverage. As a result, the media end up favoring health care privatization politics.
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