Le développement du capitalisme sanitaire et l’émergence du complexe médico-industriel

Abstract

This work looks at recent developments in the health market and in particular the development of health capitalism. While access to health care became widespread at the end of the 19th century as a tool for improving the quality of the workforce, it is now tending to evolve. The health system is thus emancipating itself from its initial mission to become an integral part of capitalism. Recent developments in the health system (development of supplementary health insurance, telemedicine, private clinics, etc.) have become profit-generating activities and seem to run counter to its original objectives. The article shows that the development of health capitalism goes against the main objective of the health care system, the maintenance of the labour force.