A doctor stands and talks to a patient, right, in a room on the orthopedics ward at the Casa di Cura San Feliciano hospital in Rome, Italy, on Monday, July 23, 2012. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s plan to cut the budget was criticized by a pharmaceutical lobby, which said reductions in health spending may prompt drug producers to withhold new prescriptions from hospitals. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images