The Problem of Private Health Insurance

Insights from Middle-Income Countries

Susan F. Murray (King’s College London)

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English

Cambridge University Press
11 April 2024

Development studies; Development economics; Political economy; Health systems & services; Medical insurance

Series: Elements in Global Development Studies

Financial markets, actors, institutions and technologies are increasingly determining which kinds of services and 'welfare' are available, how these are narrated, and what comes to represent the 'common sense' in the policy world and in everyday life. This Element problematises the rationale and operation of one such financial technology, private health insurance, and the industry it inhabits. It offers a cross-disciplinary overview of the various drivers of these markets in middle-income countries and their appeal for development institutions and for governments. Using a range of illustrative case examples and drawing on critical scholarship it considers how new markets are pursued and how states are entangled with market development. It reflects on how the private health insurance sector in turn is shaping and segmenting health systems, and also our ideas about rights, fairness and responsibility.

By: Susan F. Murray (King’s College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 150g
ISBN: 9781009208185
ISBN 10: 1009208187
Series: Elements in Global Development Studies
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 11 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Development goals, health policy and privatism; 3. Entangled states; 4. Corporate commercial strategies and industry influence; 5. Questioning the narrative; 6. States as market regulators; 7. The political economy of the private health insurance industry; 8. Contemporary private health insurance regimes; 9. Final observations; List of abbreviations; References.