Private sector participation had been set as a prerequisite of further aid being given to Greece.
Such medication therapy management programs "are expensive and will severely inhibit private sector participation," the administration said.
Proponents of privatisation have used this funding gap to promote the case for greater private sector participation, particularly in the global south.
Nick Bryer, head of inequality policy and campaigns, Oxfam GB, Oxford, UK, @oxfamgb The SDG funding gap can only be met by significantly increasing private sector participation.
"The prospect of any form of private sector participation in debt relief is negative for holders of distressed sovereign debt," the company said in a statement.
To date, private sector participation in the affordable health care sector has been low, with the government taking on the major share of spending.
Private sector participation in urban rail transit has proliferated in the past two decades.
Since 1994, power sector reforms have aimed at increasing private sector participation in the sector.
The benefits of private sector participation, by its very nature, go largely to children from the well to do families.
The 2009 national health reforms encourage private sector participation, while leaving the detailed implementation up to local authorities.
Developing countries have been increasingly adopting the Private Sector Participation (PSP) model in the delivery of electricity, telecom and water services.
