finchannel (20.03.2019) In 2017, total government expenditure in the European Union (EU) amounted to 45.8% of gross domestic product (GDP). This share has steadily decreased since 2012, when it stood at 48.9% of GDP.
As populations age over the next several decades, the demand for long-term care (LTC) services (assisting individuals with their activities of daily life) will increase dramatically and is likely to reach crisis levels in many countries. Societies will have to confront this emerging need because historical methods for providing and financing LTC may not be adequate to address future LTC needs.
USA Today (18.03.2019) Many Americans who would like to dial back and work part time have been discouraged from doing so because of sharp premium increases in the individual health insurance market the past few years, experts say.
The aging population and the epidemic of chronic diseases requires an accompanying fi nance reform of long-term care
that will become increasingly dominant. Many countries have faced this situation and have set up a separate public
funding for such care on the basis of a universal insurance covering both home care and institutions. Canada and Quebec
must adopt such autonomy insurance and create a separate fund fi nanced partly by a more judicious use of current
Le vieillissement de la population et la pandémie de maladies chroniques
qui l’accompagne obligent à prioriser le financement des soins à long terme
qui deviendront de plus en plus importants. De nombreux pays ayant fait
face à cette situation ont mis sur pied un financement public distinct via une
assurance universelle couvrant les soins à domicile et en institution comme
c’est le cas en France avec l’Allocation personnalisée d’autonomie (APA).
À la lumière des comparaisons internationales, nous identifions certaines
World Economic Forum (14.03.2019) For generations healthcare has been episodic – someone gets sick or breaks a bone, they see a doctor, and then they might not see another one until the next time they get sick or injured. Now, as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence open up new possibilities for the healthcare industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to deliver continuous healthcare for better outcomes.
biomedcentral.com (July 2018) Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on the topic remains too limited in scope.
Le Temps (27.02.2019) La gauche se bat pour limiter le fardeau des primes maladie à 10% du revenu disponible d’un ménage. Selon elle, il n’y a qu’à suivre le modèle du canton de Vaud
afrique.latribune (10.02.2019) Le 1er avril prochain démarreront les cotisations pour la couverture maladie universelle en Côte d'Ivoire. Cette annonce vient confirmer les propos du ministre ivoirien de l'emploi, Pascal Abinan Kouakou, qui a annoncé le démarrage effectif de la Couverture maladie universelle pour avril 2019.
NZZ (07.02.2019) Der Kantonsrat will Ungerechtigkeiten bei der Prämienverbilligung ausmerzen –darüber sind sich die Parteien einig. Das ursprünglich geplante Sparvorhaben ist zudem vom Tisch, zur Debatte steht vielmehr, ob der Kanton noch mehr Geld ausschütten soll.
