The "Table of Embeddedness" from my book A Just Society sets out a hierarchy of the goods necessary for human action. And if we assume that the fundamental description of homo sapiens is that we are creatures who desire to commit voluntary purposive action, and if health care is a Level-One Basic Good, then each society in the world should provide basic healthcare to all, subject to the caveat of "ought implies can." Those who are too poor should be supplemented by countries that are wealthy.
Recently in the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" Medicaid was cut and support of "The Affordable Care Act" was also cut. Some estimate that as many as 17 million will lose health care coverage. Since, as I argue in many of my books (like A Just Society in the Table of Embeddedness) healthcare is a human right, then the United States is creating policy that is contrary to a universal human right. This must be changed very soon.
Recently in the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" Medicaid was cut and support of "The Affordable Care Act" was also cut. Some estimate that as many as 17 million will lose health care coverage. Since, as I argue in many of my books (like A Just Society in the Table of Embeddedness) healthcare is a human right, then the United States is creating policy that is contrary to a universal human right. This must be changed very soon.
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