Healthcare: we all want it, we all say everyone else should have it too, but my goodness we disagree on how that can be achieved, writes Imogen Foulkes. The fact that our health systems are not as good as they should be is reflected in the fact that the United Nations has embedded improvements in its sustainable development goals; SDG 3 aims to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. A noble ambition, which the UN believes can only be achieved by ensuring "universal health coverage and access to quality health care. No one must be left behind”. But the fact is, health is a commodity, access to which tends to depend on how much money you have, and where you live. The United States is an economic superpower, yet millions of its citizens cannot afford health insurance. In low income countries, young women still die in childbirth because they have no access to basic antenatal care. In Europe, it is common now for the elderly to spend their entire savings...
