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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future

Henry Kotula

As prices climb ever-higher, at least half of Americans can’t afford to pay their out-of-pocket medical bills, which remain the leading cause of U.S. Today, patients in minority populations receive unequal and inequitable medical treatment when compared to white patients. bankruptcy. healthcare over the past five years.