Healthcare and Social Justice

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At the beginning of the semester, when we were defining social justice, we said it includes basic human needs such as access to basic healthcare. 

Recently, annulling the Affordable Care Act has been a huge topic in the news. 

Why is it such a concern? Why is healthcare necessary?  

Hopefully, the following article will help illustrate it for you:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/feb/05/life-without-health-insurance-why-we-need-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable

We will now watch this video to get an even more personal story; keep in mind that this is government created content:

https://www.healthcare.gov/blog/jaime-s-story-life-without-health-insurance/

Extra article in case you are interested: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/health-care-is-a-right-no_b_11770518.html  

So what is the Affordable Care Act?:

https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/affordable-care-act/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2017/live-updates/health-care/obamacare-affordable-care-act-definitions/obamacare-is-the-affordable-care-act-so-whats-in-it/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.9870e4dd0bd7

What’s the issue with it?:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/122-million-sign-up-for-obamacare-despite-its-problems/2017/02/10/dbd96974-ef71-11e6-a100-fdaaf400369a_story.html?utm_term=.ce5006167f1a

-From a private, conservative company in Florida: 

https://obamacare.net/problems-with-obamacare/

How ignorance factors in:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/upshot/one-third-dont-know-obamacare-and-affordable-care-act-are-the-same.html

How can it be replaced/repaired (since that’s the direction we’re headed)?:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/affordable-care-act-trump-republicans.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/us/politics/obamacare-tom-price-trump.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article

If time allows (slightly more political), why are people so nervous?

Read this article and pay attention the the vague terms and hesitancy of our officials:

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/264483-so-what-would-happen-if-we-repealed-obamacare

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/repeal-affordable-care-act-donald-trump.html


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