If at all possible, it would be nice to have a free market in everything. You can't really have a free market in public goods or core functions of the state*, but that's only five or ten per cent of the economy or overall activity. The only other half-way sensible thing that a government can do is redistribution and/or subsidising merit goods, i.e. education and health. Given our startin...
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Mark Wadsworth on 28th Dec 2008 (via markwadsworth.blogspot.com)
Stephen Dorrell, chair of the Health Select Committee and former Health Secretary, defends the government health reform plans but admits he may have done things differently.
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BBCPolitics on 17th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Health services across Europe will come under increasing pressure during the financial crisis, according to European Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, who is urging health ministers not to slash public spending on health care.
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EurActiv on 6th Oct 2009 (via euractiv.com)
ESSAY: Recent thinking on health policy has been driven by two myths: that bad health is caused by bad habits, and that government can promote good health by changing our behaviour.
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Spiked on 5th May 2010 (via spiked-online.com)
Yes, health inequality is high. However, however…. This government can argue that is tackling all of the above. It can be proud of the progress made in improving overall health to the extent that life expectancy for the poorest has reached the average of just eight years ago. Absolute health is improving. If we believe the Guardian
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TimWorstall on 29th Aug 2008 (via timworstall.com)
The health ministry will be renamed the department for public health if the Conservatives win the election, with earmarked budgets for illness prevention and health improvement
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FT on 13th Jan 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
A three-year investigation into public health published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered large health inequalities in Britain.
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ePolitix on 28th Aug 2008 (via epolitix.com)
Welsh Assembly Government - These statistics on the health and health-related lifestyle of people living in Wales are based on data from the Welsh Health Survey 2007.
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UKStatistics on 18th Sep 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
Ben Bradshaw seemed to get a little confused earlier on in Health questions. He started a speech saying the Government didn't "agree with the Conservatives" that recession was good for people's health - I must've missed that particular Tory proposal. But he then went on to say: "We know from experience both in this country and abroad, with issues like mental health, more men go to s...
In the past I have reported doubts about the effectiveness of the government's Sure Start programme. The recent Commons health select committee report on health inequalities looked at this question. Here are its conclusions: 137. The early years period was emphasised throughout our inquiry as a crucial focus for efforts to tackle health inequalities, and we commend the Government for taking p...
Health Care Reform Put Off Until After Summer Vacation This health care debate over a bill to cover the uninsured and to make health care available to all Americans is, according to the President and the Democrats in the House and Senate, a pressing matter. It is imperative to make health care affordable to all and to get the Federal Government involved in the process, due to the fact that the Fed...
