Healthcare administration students in the United States have no choice but to learn about private vs public interests, and the power that private interests have in crafting the Nation’s healthcare policy. Essentials of Health Policy and Law is a fairly standard healthcare administration textbook that budding health policy experts are given to study in American universities. The text uses health policy decisions made in recent years by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as an example of the way private interests control public health policy. According to the book, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation “provides grants to develop crops that are high in essential vitamins and minerals to improve the nutrition of people in developing countries” (Wilensky, 2023). A very uncritical examination of the way investors like Gates use their wealth to make important decisions that affect millions.
Bill Gates Failed Effort to Feed Africa:Was he even trying to help in the first place?
Resources:
Gates-funded ‘green revolution’ in Africa has failed, critics say
Bill Gates: ‘We’re in a Worse Place Than I Expected’
Irish Potato Famine: How Belief In Overpopulation Leads To Human Evil
Serve the people: The eradication of extreme poverty in China.
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