... of a competitive Health Care Plan (HCP) is needed for purposes of public policy.2 The definition must place the minimum possible conditions on HCPs, to encourage formation and include as wide a variety of competitive HCPs as possible. Minimum conditions must include safeguards for...

...” (HCP), defines 162 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and grounds a right to health capability and explains how a democratic society can implement health policies, including medical insurance and health care reform, to realize the health capabilities of its citizens. The issues and...

.... Following her men- tor, Amartya Sen, Ruger espouses the capabilities approach to ethics. Her approach, which she calls the “health capability paradigm” (HCP), defines 162 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and grounds a right to health capability and explains how a democratic society can...

... approach, which she calls the “health capability paradigm” (HCP), defines 162 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and grounds a right to health capability and explains how a democratic society can implement health policies, including medical insurance and health care reform, to realize...

... selective contracting with private providers. 11.  Perhaps the most important idea that eventually did not see the light of day was the privately run health care plans (HCPs) that should have competed with the public purchasing agencies for public monies. The idea was that New Zealanders could choose...