In her article NHS as State Failure: Lessons from the Reality of Nationalised Health Care, published in the December 2008 issue of Economic Affairs, Helen Evans, the Director of Nurses for Reform in the UK, describes the origins of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), the consequences of its implementation and
More and more studies are revealing the shocking trade in fake and substandard medicines across the globe. These drugs result in millions of people unwittingly consuming all manner of content from talcum powder, to sawdust and cement. Fake medicines are most prevalent in poor countries that lack sufficient monitoring mechanisms
Everyone in SA would like to see the entire population healthy, well nourished, well clothed, well educated, living in nice houses and with all adults earning above-average incomes. Life would be much more pleasant for every one of us. Those who believe that general affluence is impossible and likely to
At the centre of President Barack Obama’s budget is a $634 billion “reserve fund” to help policy-makers achieve comprehensive health care reform. But money alone can’t fix a country’s health care problems. Ask any Frenchman.
The French health system is one of the world’s most expensive. And as the government desperately
Newly appointed Minister of Public Enterprises, Barbara Hogan, has been berated by other members of the ANC government for suggesting that unprofitable state owned enterprises (SOEs) should be sold off. Her suggestion is a marked turnaround from the previous Ministers stance that certain industries ought to be protected because they
