KAZAKHSTAN PROFESSOR HERE TO STUDY PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS

Georgia Southern University issued the following news release:

Imagine learning, at the age of 35, that your nation has-unexpectedly-a new government and a new economy. Neither you nor your fellow citizens will have purchasing power for two weeks, while your new government creates new money. Under this new government, you will be required, for the first time ever, to purchase health insurance, start a pension fund, and pay for your own higher education. And that's just the beginning a gradual process that involves tremendous change.

It was not easy, but Professor Saulet Nurtayeva lived through this, and more, when Kazakhstan became independent from the U.S.S.R. in …