Justice and Access to Health Care Flashcards
Determining what, for individuals and organizations, is the just or fair way to balance the competing claims of individuals for limited resources
Mircoallocation
Determination of which resource allocation system for health care within a society is most in tune with principles of justice
Macroallocations
Healthcare paid through income and sales tax
Canadian Healthcare
Two tiered system in which the health care provided to all citizens can be supplemented at will with treatment by private practitioners. Paid through supplemental insurance or cash.
British Healthcare
Mixed system. For profit managed care, nonprofit organizations and government programs.
U.S. Healthcare System
Individuals must acquire private insurance, use employer or pay privately (Libertarians prefer)
Free Market
High taxes and increase government involvement
Single-Payer
Organize the pool of health care recipients as citizens of individual states
State Based
Requires that all citizens carry health care insurance
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act