HEALTHCARE FOR ALL: A SYSTEM WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE?
Giorgio Bordin, President of Medicine and Person; Raffaele Donini, Coordinator of the Health Commission of the Conference of Regions; Fabio Pammolli, Full Professor of Economics and Management, Politecnico di Milano; Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health; Riccardo Zagaria, CEO of DOC Generici. Moderate by Carlo Lucchina, Member of the Board of Directors of the Holy Family Institute.
A friendly, subsidiary, and supportive healthcare service places the person who needs health and medical care at the center of its interest. It seeks to offer services equitably and in solidarity throughout the national territory, with reasonable accessibility in terms of time. It makes patient care a strength and adopts service proximity as an approach to meeting needs. For this, it needs fair financing, relies on well-prepared and adequately motivated professionals, guarantees access to care and therapies according to the defined needs and responds to emergencies, acute cases, and chronic conditions. It must unhesitatingly pursue the right of its citizens to be treated in the best possible way. Is this how our National Health Service is?