Nigerian Health Care

Should free health care in Government hospitals remain free? 

In the present state where care is free only in name and so much is spent on these Hospitals from our tax, will it not be better to reduce tax for the population and privatise health care ? Privatised healthcare will produce results since the salaries and facilities will be funded from the finances raised by hospitals directly from services provided. They will have to compete with other hospitals to be seen as providing value for service.  If the Hospitals do not make money or provide quality treatment then they will fail and so they will strive to make sure that they provide quality care.

Emergency services should be provided by the hospitals for which the government should give contracts to Hospitals to provide the same. Government will be billed directly by these hospitals and if the Government fails to pay then obviously the Hospitals will stop providing the service. This will ensure that the government will always cough up for the services otherwise they can be held liable by the voters.