Sweden's State Run Pharmacy Hands Out Government Propaganda

The Local reports on how Swedish health care gets some defenders:

Sweden's state-run pharmacy, Apoteket, has been accused of spreading government propaganda, after brochures explaining the latest budget was distributed in stores throughout the country.

Now, Apoteket has agreed to withdraw the information.

The Liberal Party [Folkpartiet] member of parliament Carl B. Hamilton said he was disturbed that Apoteket was giving out the budget in brochure form and demanded that they be removed from the stores immediately.

"It's a scandal that the government and Apoteket are working together to spread Social Democratic propaganda. Our pharmacy should not be a propaganda office for the government party," said Hamilton to TV4's news programme.

The public sector has its' own vested interest.