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Health Care As a Human Right - American Bar Association

The only remedy to our lack of access to health care is to stop confusing health insurance with health care. Health is not a commodity; it is a right.

Human rights - World Health Organization (WHO)

A human rights-based approach to health commits countries to develop rights-compliant, effective, gender transformative, integrated, accountable health systems.

Health care is a human right—and that means universal access

Abortion rights are just the latest casualty of US failure to ensure universal and equitable access to healthcare.

Healthcare is a Human Right | Amnesty International USA

Healthcare is a Human Right. Universal access to health care, without discrimination, is a human right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

Human rights - World Health Organization (WHO)

Human rights ... Health is a fundamental right of every human being. Health as a human right is recognized in the WHO Constitution (1948), the Universal ...

Promoting Health as a Human Right in the Post-ACA United States

Although the Affordable Care Act represents a step toward realizing the right to health in reducing the number of uninsured, a right to health encompasses ...

Right to Health – WMA - The World Medical Association

The right to health is an inclusive right, extending not only to timely and appropriate health care, but also to the underlying determinants of health.

Health Care is a Right - AAFP

Read AAFP's policy on health care is a right.

The Right to Health: Looking beyond Health Facilities - PMC

The social, economic, and political conditions that enable individuals to access health services and maintain a healthy life must be put in place to facilitate ...

Health as a Human Right: A Position Paper From the American ...

This paper examines the intersection of human rights, ethical obligations, and health reform in recognizing health as a human right.

The Right to Health - ohchr

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights also mentioned health as part of the right to an adequate standard of living (art. 25). The right to health was ...

Health care in the United States—basic human right or entitlement?

Constitutional rights to health, public health and medical care: the status of health protections in 191 countries.

Vision and Strategy | - Healthcare Is a Human Right

A people's movement organizing state by state to win universal, publicly financed healthcare. We believe we can advance equity and dignity.

Health care is not a human right - PMC

To propose that health care be considered a human right is not only wrong headed, it is unhelpful. Mature debate on the rationing and sharing of limited ...

About the right to health and human rights | OHCHR

The right to health is an inclusive right, extending not only to timely and appropriate health care, but also to the underlying determinants of health.

United States Denies the Human Right to Health Care

This article will first discuss how healthcare is a human right, looking toward treaties and international law.

Healthcare's a human right, not 'a privilege for the rich' UNAIDS ...

“Publicly financed health care is the greatest equalizer in society” said Ms Byanyima. “When health spending is cut or inadequate, it is poor ...

Is Healthcare a Human Right? Yes

Healthcare as a human right is no novelty—it is recognized in various ways throughout the world. Most industrialized nations provide a universal healthcare ...

Live and Let Live: Healthcare is a Fundamental Human Right

Luce. Professor of Health and Human Rights at Trinity College, exemplifies the healthcare disparity in this country. A child, born to an upper-middle class ...

Vol. 43, No. 3: The State of Healthcare in the United States

This issue of Human Rights focuses on health and health rights, highlighting some of the extreme disparities that exist for millions of people living in the ...