The Health Cure: Historical Experience of Old Democracy and Lessons for Russia

Abstract

Contrary to widespread belief government-run Healthcare was not the first mass affordable solution for medical problems. Governmental healthcare has not caused main breakthroughs in the mortality decrease and significant increase in average life expectancy. Safeguards for private property and ironclad protection of personal rights and liberties caused modern economic growth phenomena, a rise in wealth, and unleashed scientific and technical progress. The rise in wealth and scientific progress were the principal reasons behind progress in medicine. Nowadays huge government spending and poor efficiency make unclear the overall impact of government-run healthcare on public health. The government's Famous attempts to protect drug consumers caused huge costs possibly outweighing their benefits. The foremost public concern ought to be the numerous ethical challenges of the governmental rule in Healthcare, the power usurped by healthcare officials to decide for and instead the patient his fate.