Week 10 Discussion Ethics And Future Of Healthcare In The U.s.

Providing healthcare impartially to both the poor and the rich is at the centre of medical and professional ethics in the United States as well as across the world. However, despite such an ethical standpoint for guiding healthcare service provision, the United States healthcare system is one of the most unequal in the world, where the affluent members of the society are able to access excellent healthcare while the poor people are not able to. Through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, hospitals are now empowered to turn to ethical provisions of healthcare without discriminating between the poor and the rich. Access to healthcare should not be a luxury but a fundamental right for all human beings and hence all human beings regardless of their financial capabilities should access all available primary healthcare services in a healthcare facility. Discrimination is immoral and unethical and should be discouraged. As the government cuts back on financing to government healthcare facilities to cater for poor people, many problems arise including lack of capacity to handle the high number of people seeking healthcare services. Further, due to inadequate staff members to cater for the rising number of patients, the quality of