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First Covid, now McKinsey - how austerity hit EU healthcare
While private hospitals increased, numbers of intensive care beds fell, as they are less profitable for private companies (Photo: gob.mx)
Brussels, 28. Jan, 07:13
From hospitals to care homes, the outsourcing and privatisation of healthcare – in combination with various austerity policies promoted by the European Commission during the past decade – have significantly degraded EU member states capacity to deal effectively with COVID-19 - needlessly costing extra lives.
A new report by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) clearly shows neoliberal reforms weakened public healthcare systems all over Europe, with dramatic consequences in terms of Covid-19 death, disability rates, and many other social impacts.