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This 8 page paper addresses three specific economic issues that complicate global healthcare. The primary problem is who is going to pay for universal care? This, of course, is complicated by improved technology and knowledge, the resulting lengthened lifespan, and even by patent issues revolving around pharmaceutical development. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Modern medicine is a costly affair and that cost must be absorbed by someone. When we consider healthcare on a global scale, however, this proposition becomes
quite complex. Three economic issues in particular confront global healthcare today and will, in fact, continue to confront it into the next decade. These issues are 1.
who will pay for global healthcare, 2. the increased costs associated with ever-involving technology and ever-increasing lifespans, and 3. economic issues surrounding pharmaceutical patents. While it is admirable
to concern ourselves with healthcare on a global scale, the sad reality is that we cant pay for universal healthcare right here in our own country.
From a humanistic standpoint, the distribution of health care services should occur in accordance with the principle of equality of opportunity. Access to health care
should not vary according to culture, race, socioeconomic status, geography or even national affiliation. Indeed, it has been proposed that health care should be viewed as a universal right.
While there will be certain costs from such a view, the benefits will far outweigh those costs when we consider the productivity and other positives that come from good health.
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