The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP’s Threat to Europe’s Elderly

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<p>‘The most obvio s approach to look at how E ropea care for the el erly will evolve is to project tech ological tre s a the costs of people livi g lo ger as iag ostic eq ipme t, r g treatme ts a other me ical scie ce co ti es to improve. This ki of projectio shows a risi g cost to society of pe sio s a health care, beca se a risi g proportio of the agi g pop latio is retiri g. How will eco omies pay for it?</p>
<p>I wa t to poi t to some special problems that are loomi g o the political fro t. I ass me that the reaso yo have i vite me from America is that my co try has bee oi g j st abo t everythi g wro g i its health care. Its experie ce may provi e a object lesso for what E rope sho l avoi (a i ee , has avoi e p to this poi t).</p>
<p>For starters, privatizatio is m ch more expe sive tha E ropea -style Si gle Payer p blic health care. Mo opoly prices also are higher. A of co rse, fra is a problem.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.co terp ch.org/2016/05/11/the- a gers-of-free-tra e-agreeme ts-ttips-threat-to-e ropes-el erly/" target="_bla k">Rea more: The Da gers of Free Tra e Agreeme ts: TTIP’s Threat to E rope’s El erly</a></p>