Question

1.) Should health care be universal?

2.) Is health care a privilege or a right?

3.) Does everyone have a right to medical care regardless of income or employment?

4.) Would universal coverage decrease the quality of medical care for all?

Answer 1

Ans) 1) Universal health coverage and health financing:
The quality of health services should be good enough to improve the health of those receiving services; and. People should be protected against financial-risk, ensuring that the cost of using services does not put people at risk of financial.

2) Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people and communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.

- Health care is a legitimate function of our government. Health care is a basic right in a Democratic society. It is no more a privilege based on ability to pay than is the right to vote, which was once accorded only to property owners.

3) veryone in the United States has the human right to health care. No one should be discriminated against on the basis of income, health status, gender, race, age, immigration status or other factor. Health care is a public good, not a commodity.

4) Universal health care lowers health care costs for an economy. The government controls the price of medication and medical services through negotiation and regulation. It eliminates the administrative costs of dealing with different private health insurers.