ORIGIN OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH POLICY

Abstract

This article traces the origins of social and health policy from a historical economic/labour relations point
of view. The transformation of labor relations is presented, due to an important economic event - the separation of
labor from capital, which becomes the cause of new needs - insurance. The nature of social relations, originating
from work, is the reason for the emergence of society's values: social justice, social equality and social protection,
on which social policy and its aspects - health policy and medicine policy - are built. Inequalities as a social
phenomenon are discussed in detail. A comparative characterization has been made between the two instruments of
social policy for covering inequalities - cost coverage and cost reimbursement.
Historical changes in man's attitude to work, and more precisely the loss of the means of production, is the reason
for the emergence of inequalities in society and the emergence of a new type of need to ensure the existence of the
workforce and its preservation, which is carried out through social policy in general and in individual areas,
including health policy. They aim to reduce social/health inequalities using different tools, approaches and
mechanisms. In healthcare - insurance and provision. In medicine policy, the tools that extinguish social inequalities
are the two processes - reimbursement and pricing.
The result of the economic regularities become the reason for the development of further policies aimed at
extinguishing inequalities. Social/health relations are united with production and represent a dynamic process that
transcends national boundaries and social systems