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Tue 08 Aug 2008Which road do we choose for health's future?
SECOND OPINION:Do we choose the Nordic health system, or the Anglo-Saxon model? Gerry Burkeand Pierce Graceexplore the differences.
IRELAND HAS a social model based on a low taxation system (about 30 per cent), with moderate social welfare supports and with health and education largely publicly funded, in a free market economy. Low taxation has been its most salient feature in recent years. Income redistribution is fairly limited.
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