Health Expenditure has increased day by day and often it is so much for poor and middle class people that they become more poorer. Even for rich people or developed countries it is so much that many can't afford it. A new WHO study shows evidence that health payments (paying for medicines and health services) are unaffordable for many people and cause financial hardship across the WHO European Region, including in high-income countries.The estimates prepared with data from 25 countries show that up to 8% of households cannot afford to pay for basic needs – food, rent, utility bills – after paying out of pocket for health care.
This situation goes against the Tallinn Charter, which was adopted by 53 Member States of the Region in 2008, and states: “It is unacceptable that people become poor as a result of ill health”. Many middle- and high-income countries in the region still rely…
