Allyson Pollock - The Department of Bioethics

Conclusion• states are adopting pro-market health carereforms, thereby setting a new normative standardfor delivery and organisation•no evidence that promarket reforms upholduniversality, equity, social solidarity• the introduction of market mechanisms and agentsin public service delivery may trigger commercialrules undermining national autonomy• the WTO disputes settlement mechanism whichinterprets trade law and policies makes it possible toextend trade in public services beyond that intendedby national trade negotiatorsNIH 0311 32