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QUESTION N15
GS2
12.5 marks

Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help bridge the gap? What other viable alternatives would you suggest?

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What the examiner wants

Explain/Analyse the exact proposition in the PYQ — “Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help bridge the gap? What other viable alternatives would you suggest?” — using concept/chronology or mechanism, evidence on both sides where relevant, and a conclusion that answers the directive rather than merely describing Health.

Explain/AnalyseAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1For the prompt cue ‘Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help bridge the’, directly answer: Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage≈45 words
  2. 2For the prompt cue ‘Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help bridge the’, directly answer: Do you think the private sector could help bridge the gap?≈45 words
  3. 3For the prompt cue ‘Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help bridge the’, directly answer: What other viable alternatives would you suggest?≈45 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextualise HealthExplain mechanism/chronologyQuestion-specific evidence/examplesImplicationsConcise conclusion

Where marks usually go

  • For the prompt cue ‘Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help’, avoid a generic note on Health; answer the actual wording/directive and the Health proposition
  • For the prompt cue ‘Public health system has limitations in providing universal health coverage. Do you think the private sector could help’, do not add examples around Health unless they prove, qualify or rebut the proposition asked

Value addition

  • 3-box flow: concept/context → core argument/evidence → implication/way forward
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Official source anchors

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