Is healthcare a human right, or is it a business that should aim to generate profit for its investors and other stakeholders? How should societies structure their healthcare systems to balance both individual, preventative measures alongside strong institutions that can provide effective care for the sick? While many answers to questions like these are strongly shaped by individual political perspectives, it’s clear, through the dire straits in which both hospitals and patients find themselves these days, that these questions have very real, often serious implications for sick people and healthcare providers alike.
With the current global pandemic laying bare both the critical importance of and social inequalities within many nations’ healthcare systems, policy makers and medical care providers alike are being forced to reexamine how these systems work and whether they’re economically viable in the midst of a massive crisis like this one. And if they’re not viable, what can be done about it now?
In this conversation with attorney Shivpriya Nanda, Sadhguru explores a wide-ranging array of topics related to health care, such as the ethics of a profit-driven model of medical care, the viability of an American model of healthcare for developing nations, the roles of government funded and private hospitals, and steps individuals might take to be responsible for their own health. In his characteristically pragmatic style, Sadhguru gets right to the heart of the matter regarding what the future of healthcare must look like if it is to be both economically viable and capable of providing quality care to the people who need it.
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