Planning and predicting highly variable systems is hard. Long-range interventions are especially risky given the possibilities for unexpected consequences and also the long lead times in fixing the problems.
Central planning on resources has been especially rife with failed examples (the USSR being the all-in poster child.)
As the article points out, the concept of central planning is orthogonal to who is providing the service. With heath care there are a range of national strategies (from fully private to fully public), and the impact of central planning (or lack thereof) can be seen across the board.
So one should be careful of concluding that this is a party-political issue. It seems unrelated to left-right politics, and rather the result of central planning, predicting and modelling.
Central planning on resources has been especially rife with failed examples (the USSR being the all-in poster child.)
As the article points out, the concept of central planning is orthogonal to who is providing the service. With heath care there are a range of national strategies (from fully private to fully public), and the impact of central planning (or lack thereof) can be seen across the board.
So one should be careful of concluding that this is a party-political issue. It seems unrelated to left-right politics, and rather the result of central planning, predicting and modelling.