Right to Healthcare

A system that distributes healthcare unequally based on any factor other than need raises a

number of ethical issues. There will surely be some who do not receive the care they require in a

society where there is a disparity in the quality of care or access to care. The question of whether

or not healthcare is a right is a contentious one. Those in favor include cheaper long-term costs,

fairness, and a reduction in health disparities, while arguments against include poor treatment and

excessive costs.

Most industrialized cultures recognize the existence of a fundamental right to adequate

health care and regard it as a positive welfare right. The fundamental human right to sufficient

health care is a humanitarian ideal that should be enjoyed by all inhabitants of all countries(Nunes

et al., 2017). All people should be able to access a decent and suitable variety of social goods

because they have the resources they need for acceptable physical and psychological performance.

This means that the entitlement to health care should be seen through the lens of egalitarian

ideologies(Nunes et al., 2017). The principle of equal opportunity for all. To put it another way,

all people should begin their social lives in similar conditions or on an equal footing.

Universal healthcare advocates argue that it will increase access, provide equality, and save

money in the long term. Additionally, addressing the growing chronic illness problem, decreasing

the economic repercussions, eliminating large health inequities across different demographic

segments of the SES, and raising the chance of preventive health actions are all priority (Galvani

et al., 2020). It also saves money in the long run by preventing illness(Tosh, n.d.).

The main arguments opposing healthcare as a right are logistics, health outcomes, and

costs. Another fundamental issue with defining healthcare as a right is that, unlike many other

rights, it is dependent on a society’s resources and ability tomeet population demands without

discrepancies in medical care distribution and allocation (Nunes et al., 2017). The government