Politiche sanitarie

“Il mondo è piatto, caldo e affollato”, dice l’opinion leader americano Thomas Friedman, e per evitare il caos non vi è alternativa che cercare di governarlo. Nei cinque anni da Ministro della Salute è quel che ha fatto Beatrice Lorenzin, battendosi per ricucire lo strappo tra scienza, società civile e politica. Consentendo al nostro Servizio Sanitario Nazionale di reggere all’urto dei venti di una “tempesta perfetta”.Quella che si profila all’orizzonte, generata dal doppio impatto dei costi conseguenti all’invecchiamento della popolazione e all’innovazione bio-medicale. Ma per vincere la sfida servirà il contributo della stessa innovazione, oltre che maggiore appropriatezza, riforma dei ticket, nuovo Piano anti liste d’attesa, lotta alle inefficienze e altre azioni contenut nel decalogo “anticrisi” proposto da Beatrice Lorenzin. Che spiega anche come offrire agli italiani un’Assicurazione pubblica gratuita per le cure odontoiatriche.

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