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Solidarity as a national health strategy

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posted on 2023-06-09, 12:13 authored by Peter West-OramPeter West-Oram
The Trump Administration’s recent attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act have reignited long-running debates surrounding the nature of justice in health care provision, the extent of our obligations to others, and the most effective ways of funding and delivering quality health care. In this paper I respond to arguments that individualist systems of health care provision deliver higher quality health care, and promote liberty more effectively than the cooperative, solidaristic approaches that characterize health care provision in most wealthy countries apart from the USA. I argue that these claims are mistaken, and suggest one way of rejecting the implied criticisms of solidaristic practices in health care provision they represent. This defence of solidarity is phrased in terms of the advantages solidaristic approaches to health care provision have over individualist alternatives in promoting certain important personal liberties, and delivering high-quality, affordable health care.

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Fondation Brocher; Fondation Brocher

Emmy Noether Research Group Grant; DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft; BU 2450/ 1-2

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Bioethics

ISSN

0269-9702

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

9

Volume

32

Page range

577-584

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  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-02-19

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-05-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-02-19

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