public health

As COVID-19 has swept across the globe, the shortcomings of the for-profit health care system have never been so clear. What is clear is that history – past and present – offers examples of health…

In its 40-year existence, the German Democratic Republic was able to construct a fundamentally different health care system that ensured a continuous improvement of the population’s health.

Every dollar that goes towards in debt servicing is a dollar that cannot go to buy a ventilator or fund emergency food support. During the CoronaShock crisis, this is both morally indefensible and economically irrational.…