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  2. Human right to health care - Wikipedia

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    Further provisions specify that health care for the disabled should be made available in local communities and that care should be geographically equitable, with additional statements against the denial or unequal provision of health services (including "food and fluids" and "life insurance") on the basis of disability.

  3. Sicko - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 are presented using a taped conversation between John Ehrlichman and President Richard Nixon on February 17, 1971; Ehrlichman is heard telling Nixon that "the less care they give them, the more money they make", a plan that Nixon remarked was "fine" and "not bad".

  4. Philosophy of healthcare - Wikipedia

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    One of the most basic human rights is the right to live, and thus, preserve one's life. Yet one must also consider the right to die, and thus, end one's life. Often, religious values of varying traditions influence this issue. Terms like "mercy killing" and "assisted suicide" are frequently used to describe this process.

  5. Second Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The speech was written with Adolf A. Berle, a professor of corporate law at Columbia University. A key passage read: A key passage read: As I see it, the task of government in its relation to business is to assist the development of an economic declaration of rights, an economic constitutional order.

  6. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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    Right to emergency care: Public and private hospitals have an obligation to provide emergency medical care regardless of the patients' capacity to pay for the services. Right to informed consent: Patients have the right to be asked for their informed consent before submitting to potentially hazardous treatment. Physicians should clearly explain ...

  7. Biden starts NH speech on lowering cost of health care - AOL

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    Mar. 11—President Joe Biden began his speech at the Goffstown YMCA talking about the budget he released earlier in the day and lowering the costs of health care. "As I said in my State of the ...

  8. Health For All - Wikipedia

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    Health For All is a goal of the World Health Organization (WHO), that has been popularized since the 1970s, which envisions securing the health and well being of people around the world. It is the basis for the World Health Organization's primary health care strategy to promote health , human dignity, and enhance quality of life.

  9. Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

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    Reagan cites the failure of President Harry S. Truman's national health insurance proposal as evidence of the American people's rejection of socialized medicine. Reagan describes Representative Aime Forand as having introduced a bill which would institute "compulsory health insurance" for all people of social security age. Forand is quoted as ...