New Health Insurance Findings Reported from Dalhousie University (Medical Need: Evaluating a Conceptual Critique of Universal Health Coverage)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Data detailed on Health Insurance have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Halifax, Canada, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, "Some argue that the concept of medical need is inadequate to inform the design of a universal health care system-particularly an institutional (universal, comprehensive) rather than a residual (minimalist, safety net) system."

Financial support for this research came from Dalhousie University (see also Health Insurance).

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Dalhousie University, "They argue that the concept (a) contradicts the idea of comprehensiveness; (b) leads to unsustainable expenditures; © is too indeterminate for policy; and (d) supports only a prioritarian distribution (and therefore a residual system)."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "I argue (a) that 'comprehensive' understood as 'including the full continuum of care' and 'medically necessary' understood as 'prioritized by medical criteria' are not contradictory, and (b) that UHC is a solution to the problem of sustainability, not its cause."

For more information on this research see: Medical Need: Evaluating a Conceptual Critique of Universal Health Coverage. Health Care Analysis, 2017;25(2):114-137. Health Care Analysis can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Springer - www.springer.com; Health Care Analysis - www.springerlink.com/content/1065-3058/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L. Reid, Dalhousie University, Dept. of Bioeth, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Keywords for this news article include: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, North and Central America, Health Insurance, Dalhousie University.

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