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Health Care Economics (2) State funding versus private insurance

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A-Level, BTEC National, BTEC Tech Award, IB Diploma
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AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 22 Sept 2019

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In this short video we look at some of the arguments for the state continuing to be the dominant funder and provider of health care in the UK and contrast with some counter arguments in favour of a move towards wider take up of private medical insurance cover and private hospitals.

Health care economics (2) State funding versus private insurance
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