New Health Insurance Findings from A.E. Yamin and Co-Authors Described (Taking the Right to Health Seriously: Implications for Health Systems,…

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New Health Insurance Findings from A.E. Yamin and Co-Authors Described (Taking the Right to Health Seriously: Implications for Health Systems, Courts, and Achieving Universal Health Coverage)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- New research on Health Insurance is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, "This article seeks to fill a gap between legal discussions regarding the normative content of the right to health and public health and development discussions about health system reform and Universal Health Coverage [UHC]. It sets out conceptual implications of defining health as a right, for health and health systems, and in turn for the involvement of courts in decision-making regarding health."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, "Although appending remedies to broken health systems can exacerbate inequities, the article asserts that by taking systemic approaches the judiciary can promote both horizontal and vertical equity on the path to UHC, as well as foster more effective regulation of private actors. The judiciary does not substitute its own judgment for that of political organs of government, but rather can help to ensure that governmental actions are reasonable and justified in light of normative commitments."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Taking the right to health seriously creates a narrative of health, and health care, as an asset of social citizenship, rather than one of largesse or markets, and in so doing, reflects an understanding of human beings as active agents in the social construction of their well-being, and not merely passive patients or consumers of care."

For more information on this research see: Taking the Right to Health Seriously: Implications for Health Systems, Courts, and Achieving Universal Health Coverage. Human Rights Quarterly, 2017;39(2):341-368. Human Rights Quarterly can be contacted at: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Journals Publishing Division, 2715 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363, USA (see also Health Insurance).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A.E. Yamin, Center Law & Social Transformat, Washington, DC, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America, Health Insurance.