Tack, men jag har läst tillräckligt om Thaksin för att ha min bild någorlunda klar. Har aldrig trott att han genomförde några reformer för andras skull. Allt han gjort har han gjort för sig och sin familj. Det utesluter dock inte faktum att reformerna genomfördes under hans tid som PM. Som Thailands äldsta parti kan man ju inte påstå att demokraterna lyckats speciellt bra med att genomföra liknande reformer. Man kan väl krasst konstatera att viljan inte varit speciellt stark någonstans bland de mer bemedlade.
Thaksin är inte den ende som bär ansvar för eländet i Thailand, även om man kan tro det när man läser här. Debatten har liksom blivit patetiskt ensidig.
Nej det var ju en ganska omfattande uppsats. Jag tycker dock att sidorna 37-51 kan vara värda att läsa. Där beskrivs 30 THB-reformen, både historiken (som stödjer det jag tidigare skrev) och resultatet av reformen. Man skall läsa uppsatsen för vad den är; just en uppsats. Den ger dock en bra bild av händelseförloppet. Intressant för alla som vill sätta sig in lite djupare i Thailändsk politik (och inte bara kring Thaksin)
."...The government and academicians recognized that equal access to health care
services was a vital factor to improve the lives of all Thais. In 1997 Dr. Sanguan
Nitayarumphong, a prominent figure in health planning, and his team from the
Ministry of Public Health, recognized this important fact and drafted a national health
security bill.68 This bill was in alignment with the 1997 Constitution, chapter 52,
which stated, “all people are eligible to receive equal health care services of equal
quality and those living under the poverty line (extremely poor) are eligible to receive
treatments from hospitals and clinics without any fees…”69 Once Dr. Sanguan
proposed this bill, many academicians and NGO groups showed their support of his
idea to expand healthcare coverage to all Thais. Eleven NGO groups, including the
Foundation for Consumers, embraced Dr. Sanguan’s idea and started to educate
people on the issue. The Foundation for Consumers also handed out a booklet that
presented deficiencies in the current health care systems, including fifteen case
studies.70A new draft of the national health security bill was then written by Dr.
Sanguan and his team, and 50,000 signatures were collected for the government to
consider and ratify the bill.71 While the public was anticipating the bill to pass
through the parliamentary-voting stage, TRT announced in 2001 that they would
create the 30-Baht Health Care scheme. Dr. Surapong Seubwonglee, a doctor-turnedpolitician
who had an important role in TRT, then brought in Dr. Sanguan, along with
other NGOs that embraced Dr.Sanguan’s proposal, in order to discuss proposal for
universal health care. Some parts of Dr. Sanguan’s new draft of the national health
security bill were incorporated into TRT’s own national health security bill (30-Baht
Health Care scheme).72 TRT then proposed its own national health security bill to the
Parliament and the bill was approved in 2002."
Tack MaiChai för länken! Det finns mycket intressant att läsa där.