Activists cannot be allowed to run public health

In a country in which we have union rule, it is inevitable that a small organised group has become a key player in public health, often dictating policy. Osak, a group of activists, that claims to represent “organised patients” has not only been given a seat on the board of the Health Insurance Organisation, which administers Gesy, but it also has a public say on how the health system should be run, dictating what drugs and treatments should be available to patients.

The activists of...