SOC120 – Week 4 – discussion 1 – Equal Access to Healthcare

SOC120 – Week 4 – discussion 1 – Equal Access to Healthcare

1st Post Due by Day 3. Equal Access to Healthcare. This discussion presents the opportunity for you to address the inequality of access to healthcare in the United States using moral and ethical reasoning. There is overwhelming evidence that social inequalities affect health outcomes. Many argue that lack of health care access related to poverty is a human rights concern in the United States and that should be subject to public and social justice inquiry. As such, the Affordable Care Act was implemented to promote health equity. Prepare and post a response to the following prompt: From the viewpoint of a social justice activist, present an argument to a Congressional committee as to the ethical and moral reasons for supporting the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Through research, anticipate an item of debate that will be offered to you by the panel and use at least one ethical theory or perspective from the text to support your evidence of moral imperative. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly sources, and properly cite any references in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

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Equal access to health care

            Health care sector is one of the sectors in the country that has suffered a lot of injustice. Health care has been marred with a lot of injustice based on how patients were being treated and the quality of the health care service given to them. The sector treats patients based on their financial abilities and….

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