EKIP– Expert Club for Economics and Politics A Different Opinion
The politicization of healthcare is already a fact – predicted, expected and dangerous. Some argue that this is for the good, that the health of the nation is too important a segment to be left to professionals, the healthcare industry or the individual. They also say that its management is an extremely important function of the current political system...
This is where the main problem arises. The state, politicians, and bureaucracy cannot manage these sectors economically and efficiently, let alone focus their efforts on personalizing patient care, which is of utmost importance for the success of their treatment.
In the current battles, one can see both the greatness and the incompetence of the political system, which, despite its lofty goals, is unable to understand the complex consequences of the problems it is trying to solve. Unfortunately, with all the state and public resources poured into healthcare today, politicization is inevitable. It all results in patients becoming victims of political conflict, while at the same time needing timely medical care. The question is what can be done to ensure that the spending of this resource is optimal, so that access to health can also be balanced.
There is only one answer and it is COMPETITION – in the case of medicines, it leads to their value decreasing and access for patients increasing, despite the constantly increasing demand for them. In the case of hospitals, it leads to the quality of the activities offered increasing and the cost of treatment remaining optimal for a longer period of time. What would it lead to if the NHIF were to release resources to private insurance companies on a pilot basis?
I leave the answer to the readers.
