It is clear that the Health Reform Bill, which is going through its final stages in the UK at the moment, is being used by the Tories as a means to privatise the NHS. While we hear that there are ‘factions’ within the Lib Dems who are staging moderate resistance they will eventually go along [...]

Statment from Repudiate the Debt Campaign.
The McCarthy report has delivered what was set out by the previous Government under the tutelage of the EU and IMF. As is standard practice, they appoint the necessary people to ensure the required outcome.
The money raised from the sale of these important people’s assets will do nothing [...]

An interview with Catherine Mills, economist and social protection specialist, shows how to build a new health system based on solidarity. This interview was originally published in l’Humanité on March 31st. It was translated by David Lundy for l’Humanité in English.
Is the objective of the proponents of the Bachelot law really to privatize our health [...]

The October edition of the Socialist Voice is now available. It includes this article on the Irish government’s shock doctrine approach to Irish health care.
Renewed plans to strip the country’s acute hospitals of their emergency and intensive-care services have recently been unveiled by the Health Service Executive. The new hierarchy of hospital closures spells [...]

With the crash in the Irish economy we started to hear a lot about the actions of ‘elites’, and their part in our downfall. But despite the short roll call of the most sinful developers, bankers and regulators, we still didn’t know how such elites operated. The lack of transparency within our economic and political [...]

Mary Harney has returned from New Zealand where she evidently gave some thought to coming up with another of her straw-man arguments for facing down criticism of her management of the health service. In relation to the enormous backlog of X-rays requiring diagnosis at Tallaght Hospital, the Minister says that she cannot be responsible for [...]

My early years are replete with memories of the wisdom contained within the Irish seanfhocal. My mother, a fluent Irish speaker, enjoyed nothing more than a good natter as Gaeilge with a seanfhocal at her fingertips for every eventuality. A particular favourite, whenever a cold or any other ailment made its appearance, was ‘Is fearr [...]

US President, Barack Obama, has identified the cost of health care as the number one threat to the American economy.  In a 55-minute speech to the American Medical Association earlier this month, in which he articulated a thorough understanding of the main issues, Obama outlined his proposals for a public health insurance option that would [...]