Health policy and changing perceptions of Universal Health Coverage

Julia Ngozi Chukwuma
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Julia Ngozi Chukwuma: School of Social Sciences and Global Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University

No 251, Working Papers from Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

Abstract: This paper focuses on health policy, with healthcare as a fitting example of the broader trend of the narrowing scope of social policy and the associated marketisation and commodification of social services. Through a historical account, today’s calls for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and practices of implementing a basic minimum package are contrasted with previous conceptions of health as a human right. I present some of the political and economic factors that may help explain the degree of universalism of different health systems as well as policy makers’ willingness and ability to assure access to healthcare for all.

Keywords: universal health care; health inequalities; social policy; privatisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I38 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 98
Date: 2022-09
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