INVESTING IN HEALTH

                          PhD Student Jucan Carmen Ioana
                             Soc. Civ. Hipodrom Sibiu


      Abstract: Investment in health – in human capital – is a clear prerequisite for the
new EU members and the EU in order to meet the requirements for accession. The EU
has the means and mechanisms to simultaneously make a major impact on the quality of
human capital formation within the newly- admitted countries and protect the interests of
the Union’s existing citizens. The key constraints appear to be the willingness of the new
member states to regard resources committed to health as investment in the future of
their people and the willingness of the EU to give the same amount of attention to the
protection of human health in other policies as it shows toward the protection of the
environment.

       Keywords: human capital, health, investment

       JEL codes: I10, I18, H51