The concepts of universality, equality and globality are the basis of the Italian healthcareHealthcare system established in 1978. However, political intervention in 1992 forced its corporatisation, the divestiture of Territorial MedicineTerritorial medicine and the closure of small hospitals. As a result, the healthcare system was unprepared for the Covid-19COVID-19 pandemicPandemic, causing symptomatic patients to come to the emergency room, which accelerated the spread of the infection. In preparing the new pandemic planPandemic plan, authorities in charge did not take into account the critical issues that also emerged in the private sector; they identified the necessary emergency measures, but did not prepare the steps to implement them.