O Intermitente<br> (So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

O Intermitente
(So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

terça-feira, junho 03, 2003

O Estado da Saúde

A propósito da notícia sobre uma possível alteração na elegibilidade no acesso ao NHS inglês e de toda a discussão gerada encontrei este estudo que pode contribuir com mais umas "achas" para a fogueira.

No âmbito do debate sobre a alteração do Medicare (o sistema de saúde público americano) realizou-se uma conferência (em 2001 em Whashington) que reuniu especialistas da Heritage Foundation e do Center For the New Europe. O tema desta foi a experiência europeia na área dos sistema públicos de saúde e o que os americanos podem aprender com ela.

Após a análise de várias experiências nacionais eis as conclusões a quem chegaram os especialistas:

• If you insist on government management of the health care system, do not expect freedom from waste, inefficiency, or inequity in the delivery of care (look at France).
• If you want to promise citizens a national or state program of universal insurance coverage,don’t expect that you will be able to deliver universal access to high-quality health care. You won’t and you can’t (look at Britain).
• If you want to fix prices for medical services, prescription drugs, or other medical devices, don’t expect demand for these goods and services to be met or investment in research and development to continue apace. It won’t (look anywhere).
reformers should take note.
• If you insist, with a straight face, that in a government-run health care system, all of your fellow citizens will be treated equally—regardless of their class, station in life, or disease condition —you are not merely enthusiastic or well intentioned. You are lying
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posted by Miguel Noronha 7:24 da tarde

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