Health Care Reform: A Human Rights ApproachAudrey R. Chapman Georgetown University Press, 1994 M05 1 - 328 pages Arguing that health care should be a human right rather than a commodity, the distinguished contributors to this volume call for a new social covenant establishing a right to a standard of health care consistent with society's level of resources. By linking rights with limits, they offer a framework for seeking national consensus on a cost-conscious standard of universal medical care. The authors identify the policy implications of recognizing and implementing such a right and develop specific criteria to measure the success of health care reform from a human rights perspective. Health Care Reform also offers specific and timely criticism of managed competition and its offspring, the Clinton plan for health care reform. Because health care reform will inevitably be an ongoing process of assessment and revision—especially since managed competition has not been implemented elsewhere—this book will last beyond the moment by providing vital standards to guide the future evolution of the health care system. |
Contents
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The Framework for Health Care Reform | 33 |
The Right to Health Care and Health Care Reform | 35 |
The Presidents Commission on the Right to Health Care | 65 |
Health Care as a Human Right | 85 |
Defining the Right to Health Care | 87 |
Egalitarian Justice and the Right to Health Care | 106 |
International Human Rights and Health Care Reform | 124 |
Defining the Decent Minimum | 167 |
Public Participation and the Adequate Standard of Care | 186 |
Towards a Uniform Health Benefit Package | 197 |
Oregons Contribution to Defining Adequate Health Care | 211 |
Indicators for Monitoring Access to Basic Health Care as a Human Right | 233 |
Managed Competition and the Future of Health Care in the United States | 261 |
Privatization and Human Rights in Health Care | 263 |
Assessing the Clinton Administrations Health Security Act | 274 |
Aligning Rights and Responsibilities | 140 |
A Human Rights Approach to Health Care Reform | 149 |
Defining a Basic Standard of Health Care | 165 |
Policy Recommendations for Health Care Reform | 308 |