Question

Is healthcare a right or a benefit? Explain. If it is a right, then what is our responsibility in ensuring this right for all citizens? Should everyone have an equal portion, or if you can afford it, you can have more?

Who pays for the unpaid healthcare costs in the U.S.?

Answer 1

Healthcare services are the right for every individual and not only a benefit, the healthcare is the basic necessity of the individual as described by Maslow's hierarchical model, health is the basic necessity of human life. Therefore, it is said that it is a basic right for every individual.

As it is a right it is the responsibility of government, agencies, organizations and professionals to ensure that the residents of the nation are provided equal opportunities, access and aspects to achieve these rights. There should be no discrimination and any health inequalities persisting should be eliminated. Every person should have an equal portion but it is seen that as per the expenses and cost the individual who can afford the services gets more access and facilities than others, this system should be changed and a proper system of equality based healthcare is to be maintained to foster rights and dignity.

The people who cannot afford healthcare and are deprived of these rights are helped by US government in form of Medicaid and Medicare insurances that helps them to achieve the basic facilities and rights for achieving health and social care services.