Corporate Europe Observatory
26. Januar 2021
When the market becomes deadly
How pressures towards privatisation of health and long-term care put Europe on a poor footing for a pandemic
From hospitals to care homes, the evidence is mounting that outsourcing and private provision of healthcare has significantly degraded EU member states’ capacity to deal effectively with COVID-19. The EU must reject the private sector lobbyists now whispering in its ear, and reverse course on the kind of economic governance which has accelerated healthcare liberalisation, instead putting public provision at the centre of its strategy. If it doesn’t, more lives will be at stake. […]