The debate about health care on both sides of the Atlantic is hotting up. While Britain appears to be moving towards more private health care provision or at least private provision within the NHS, depending on who you believe, the US Government is trying a different approach. However President Obama is under pressure from Republicans […]
The Office of Fair Trading has announced that it will carry out a review of private medical insurance in the UK. The review will begin in the spring and will investigate barriers affecting entry to the private healthcare industry, which is worth more than 5 billion pounds every year. The review will be conducted as […]
Information about healthy living, exercise and healthy eating is everywhere, yet obesity is rising at alarming levels. According to the Government’s Foresight Thinktank, 60 percent of adult men, 50 percent of adult women and 25 percent of children will be clinically obese by 2050; it is estimated that obesity will cost more than 45 billion […]