Commercialization of Health Care: Good or Bad?

Commercialization of health care is not at all acceptable as it leads to money laundering through doctors and makes the wealth concentrated in the hands of the branded health care service providers. It hones the skills to tap the unlimited opportunities it gets by providing health care for higher rates thus making these institutions the "money foxes." Privatization can lead to dominate the health care sector by showing its monopoly nature and makes the service of health care availability for poorer a mirage. It squeezes the money for their wealth hunger from the poor. Though quality is a positive side of commercialization of health care; it doesn't mean it will always deliver the right service for the innocent people. It may further lead to black marketing of blood, organs and other medically valuable parts from the patients who cannot raise their voice if anything happens against them. Medical scams are a possibility if the health care commercialization takes place, leaving no space for poorer to avail the opportunity of getting best health care services.

Commercialization of health care with proper involvement of government in fixing the costs and administering the facilities, services offered with periodic monitoring can be a conclusion that can be achieved on commercialization of health care.

Commercialization begins right from the root of system i.e a doctor who spend lakes of rupee would obviously think his profession more like commercialization to get return of his investment. Firstly government should charge nominal fees for medical students and this means only merit and deserving students should be given the chance to serve the society. Government should take the initiative to bring trust of the patients by committing better treatment at affordable price and only hire good doctors and deploy necessarily equipment for testing at affordable price. If thinking in commercial way economically if the price is nominal more of the customers will seek the service and definitely this will increase the revenue similarly government should give some concession card to the patients where they would get some discount in the treatment. This way government can be blessed by the happy recovered patient as well as government can earn some profit too.

Commercialization of healthcare if of course not such a good idea given we can enhance our govt aided medical schools and hospitals. There is such deep routed corruption in this country that given the current status and numbers of our Govt Medical schools and hospitals, a lot of needy are not getting the treatment they deserve and expertise are being sold at higher prices to the ones who can either afford it or have contacts in the ministry.

On the other hand, if we can have proper regulations on the healthcare treatments, prices, pharma companies. It is not that bad an idea to commercialize healthcare because this will attract more investors to open hospitals and medical college thus reducing our dependence on a few big names who charge a fortune and exploit the customers.

So in the end, given our current scenario. It'll not really be beneficial to commercialize healthcare.

No doubt, commercialization is creating more awareness among the people and therefore, people are attracted towards those medical centers which are providing better health facilities.

Of course there is a price rise in this field too but if there's price rise then there are better facilities too which is helping to cure a number of serious cases.

Health Care is one crucial field where casualness or any sort of nonchalance attitude can by any chance be unaccepted. But, to the saddest part, the world we live today is poised with scars of corruption even in this sanctuary field.

Following are the problems if it is under the governmental control:.

1. Corruption (of course prominent in a country with EXPERTS).
2. Lethargic attitude towards patients.
3. Poor infrastructure and equipment.

These further end up in providing a least care for the patients.

As brought out in earlier discussion points, commercialization would lead to opening up the sector to private player, who, by virtue of their existence, would try to exploit and make the best profit out of business. But there are many other advantages that these private organizations could bring in:

1. Better infrastructure and technology.
2. Health and clean environment.
3. Better Logistics (ambulance and emergency services).
4. Better Management and effective utilization of resources (Doctors, facilities).
5. Cost effective & quality solutions due to health competition.

Based on the locality requirement.

However, nothing comes as free and there is a considerable risk. Either the cost effectiveness may cut a hole on the quality of service or the quality service can be rendered at a higher price. This problem of money laundering can be reduced through proper Government control. The Government can implement guidelines on the standards and pricing. Also, this has to be systemized by period audit by a transparent external agency. Various NGOs and private organizations like Manipal, Aravind are currently doing well in the health care sector. With many MNC's showing interested toward the CSI activities the controlled commercialization will certainly be a boon for our people.

I think commercialization is good since as we all know it provides better facilities, etc etc. Yes we all know they charge high for their services and poor people cannot afford it but why to deprive rich and middle class than can afford these facilities. If poor people cannot afford that doesn't mean we should stop developing our country. For poor people govt should develop their hospitals to provide better amenities and govt should keep a check on privately owned hospitals as well as govt so that no corruption takes place.

Commercialization of health care is good in the context of India but there is a need of regulation on private hospitals. Positive points of commercialization.

1. Introduction of new technology - our private hospitals are so much technological advance that a lot of foreigners come here for their operations.

2. All the government hospitals are flooded with patients and if there were no private hospitals in India one cannot even dare to think about the condition of health system in India.

3. Availability of large no of technological advance ambulance which can increase the chances of survival of a patient.

There are various cons of commercialization of health system but these all can be eliminated with stricter regulation. Some areas where regulation is required are-.

1. Nowadays anyone can open a nursing home anywhere even in residential colonies, this increases the chances of medical waste being dumped in residential areas which is extremely dangerous.

2. Private hospitals are provided various incentives by the government like subsidized loans, tax exemption etc. , but instead of charging nominal fee for their services they charge so much that only rich people can afford them. This system of incentives should be immediately ended.

3. There is no price mechanism; any hospital can charge anything for their services as they want. There should be a pricing system which should be followed by all the hospitals.

4. Nowadays it is believed that due to commercialization profession of doctors have become the second most corrupt business after politics. In my opinion it is somewhat true also. Doctors today are lured by private hospitals and nursing homes for commissions on sending the patients to them for medical tests and surgeries. Even they are given commission by medical companies. Many a times they advice patients of irrelevant tests and put on unnecessary medication just only to fill their pockets. There is a great need in here for tighter regulation and bringing of doctors under the jurisdiction of states rather than MCI.

God has never discriminated anybody in the matter of their life and death. Nobody whether rich or poor has no control on his birth and death then why do we try to create a gap when it comes to health. When the price of life of equal for everybody then why do poor have to suffer when it comes to health?

I believe the commercialization of health is wrong in this respect when a person could not be cured on financial grounds. I agree that medical procedures, tests and operations are very costly but it could over-weigh a persons life.

To solve this I think government could do something and it has already done few things like free medical help to poor people. But the problem is how many of the people are benefited by this help?

I think there is a need to re think on this problem. Government should either make appropriate infrastructure and facilities so that the poor people do not have to suffer on their health or should make some provisions so that high specialty hospitals private hospitals do provide some help to them.

I can hopefully say that commercialization is one of the better way to develop the country in terms of economy, technology and growth rate in terms of health. As there is a boon for the new technology and well equipment's used in the new emerging private hospitals, of-course we need to pay but this is better when compared with going to the foreign countries. On the other hand to serve the poor the government is developing the hospitals in its best. Finally what I would like to say is if we start these kind of processes looking at the poor the status of the country will be same saying INDIA will always be a developing and poor country.

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The government should improve the quality of treatment in govt hospitals. So, those people who are not having enough money can take good treatment. The people can have a choice to choose between private hospitals and govt hospitals as per their comfort.