Solidarity and the role of the state in Italian health care

The article deals with the issue of solidarity in health care, with particu lar reference to the Italian context. It presents the difficulties of the I talian NHS and assesses the current proposal to counter the crisis of the W elfare State by giving up institutional arrangements, in order to favour th e so-called 'social private'. Moreover, it addresses the question of priori tisation and targeting in the context of health care, arguing for the insuf ficiency of the standard approach of neutral liberalism, and showing how th e concept of solidarity might help to develop a different account. Lastly, it discusses the case of organ transplantion in Italy, as an example of sol idarity-inspired health care policy.