Access to Health Care Based on Humanity not Income

One of the most basic of any human goods is certainly health. Health is a major determinant in almost all human activities, from productivity to procreation. Following that, the health and well-being of its population should be of utmost importance to any nation. Employing this principle depends on a country's philosophy of distributive justice and their ethics on resource allocation. There are about as many approaches to this matter as there are countries, but the …

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