Question

How important is cost containment in establishing a national health care policy? In addition to controlling costs, what are the alternative goals for a national medical care system?

Answer 1

A national health care policy should give utmost importance to the cost containment. In today's world healthcare has become too expensive to take care of. Cost containment enables to provide best healthcare services with minimal price or cost to the consumers of the economy. Cost containment will increase the demand for healthcare services as it will become more and more affordable to get treatment. The social benefit of providing healthcare services will increase and thereby help the economy in growth. The other alternative goals of a medical care system should be innovation in providing healthcare services, good quality equipments for better results and creating awareness of the governmental benefits available for the consumers in the market.