Friday, November 02, 2007

The health insurance dilemma - 1

No body can deny that the most valuable asset to anyone is his health. But it is not only of personal importance but also due to interactions between people, it has also a collective importance. So the well being of individuals in any community is a political matter that concern all the society, and can't be left to chance or hazard. This is why advanced civilized societies organized a scheme for health insurance for their societies. This scheme differed from one country to another due to different approaches. Each country, through planners and parties developped a scheme favourable to its circumstances and resources. Sure experience of other countries, are available to study and implement, but each society can have its problems, its particularities, so tailoring according to the needs is important, if the welfare of the whole community is what is aimed really for. (To be continued...)

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