Reform in Mexico to improve healthcare access
As a report explains in an earlier post, the Mexican Government has chosen the road to what seems like universal health insurance.
That effort is supported by the journal The Lancet, and its report is found here for those who would like to read it in the original. (May require registration with The Lancet, though this article is free on the journal's website).
It would be good to debate this idea to reform our own health system which has tilted extremely and unconscionably towards private care that is met out-of-pocket. Mexico seems to be moving towards Sir Joseph Bhore's vision, compared to our own policymakers.
There is a very stark graph in the Lancet article cited above. It confirms that Indians are spending the highest amounts out-of-pocket as a percentage of all health expenditure, at over 80 per cent. This fact is not focussed upon in good measure in public forums.
ga
That effort is supported by the journal The Lancet, and its report is found here for those who would like to read it in the original. (May require registration with The Lancet, though this article is free on the journal's website).
It would be good to debate this idea to reform our own health system which has tilted extremely and unconscionably towards private care that is met out-of-pocket. Mexico seems to be moving towards Sir Joseph Bhore's vision, compared to our own policymakers.
There is a very stark graph in the Lancet article cited above. It confirms that Indians are spending the highest amounts out-of-pocket as a percentage of all health expenditure, at over 80 per cent. This fact is not focussed upon in good measure in public forums.
ga
posted by Satya at 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
I agree with ga. Indians have to spend a very high amount on private health care,which would put the highest capitalist countries to shame.This needs to be discussed seriuosly and we must study the availble material about other choices like the Mexico model.Amal
Postscript: To put this post in perspective, we have had adverse reports on the Mexican reform process from delegates belonging to that country.
The delegates participated at the meeting of like-minded activists in Chennai and pointed out that the reform in Mexico had not lived up to its promise. On the contrary, it is believed to have the opposite effect: depriving the poor of access due to the value placed on cost recovery, howsoever marginal.
/ga
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