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ESSAY 1----- DUE 04/07/23

TOPIC: - Availability of Healthcare

Post are comprised of three elements:

1. Your own original post (OP), responding to the topic as described

1. 450-500 words 2 pages

2. Your OP should be written in APA format (see the “APA Style Guide” under the

INFORMATION tab).

3. Sources must be cited. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

4. Write in a professional way. Do not employ text shorthand, emojis, or the like.

FOLLOWING MATERIAL FOR ESSAY 1

READ: -

In a perfect world, every person would have unfettered access to healthcare. You may have noticed, however, that this is Planet Earth.

So let's put the perfect world aside and discuss the availability of healthcare as both an ethical and practical issue. To do so, we have to adopt some assumptions.

1. Healthcare is not free, regardless of the financing model. We'll be discussing various methods of healthcare finance in the next module and their benefits and problems, but for now…

2. Aside from Bill Gates, LeBron James, and last week's Powerball winner, no one pays for all their own healthcare. The costs are spread among all healthcare consumers, either through premium payments to insurance companies or taxes to the government.

Since the cost of an individual's healthcare is borne by others, what kind of limits can ethically be placed on the availability of various kinds of care? Is it ethical to expect others to pay for any medical procedure one wants? If not, give examples.

For example, should Americans have the same access to emergency room services and tattoo removal procedures?

I am now appointing you as the chief guru of the healthcare system. What types of healthcare should be the exclusive responsibility of the individual, and not the larger population?

This week's essay is purely opinion based. You are not required to do any research or rely on resources, although you are welcome to do so. However, be sure to explain your position with supporting arguments. Consideration of the ethical dimension of justice might be merited.