Government programmes driven by politics not evidence, report says
Ann McGauran
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7477/1256-c?ecoll

This idea serves as a double-edged sword.  It points out that progressive
     policies may not be based on evidence, but at the same time we know
     that regressive policies are not based on evidence about health
     either.

The reality is that many nations -- what Esping-Anderson calls social
     democratic political economies [Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
     Austria]-- do a much better job of supporting health while others --
     notably Anglo-Saxon liberal economies [UK, Canada, USA, Australia,
     Ireland] generally do not.  They do this not on the basis of evidence
     -- though it is there -- but rather on the basis of political ideology
     and commitment to principles -- whether these principles are justice,
     equity, and collective risk or neo-liberalism, competition, and
     individual risk.

dr

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