This week’s discussion board post is even more timely than usual. We are in the middle of a pandemic. Many with communities of poverty, which is often correlated with communities of color, have little to no access to medical care. Access consists of available medical care places, such as urgent care, private medical doctor offices, hospitals, trauma units near their communities. It is also about having the resources to pay for this care, such as, medical insurance, low deductibles copays, willingness of the medical care institution accepting the insurance that the person has, having enough coverage to get the care that is needed, and so much more.

When we define the term “moral”, then we need to apply this to access to health care. is it a moral right? or not? The typical argument is: Yes, since all people deserve the right to access health care, all people deserve the right to be healthy. No, the government should not be in the business of subsidizing or providing insurance to allow for medical care in the same way that the government does not provide money for car insurance coverage, they do not have an obligation to provide medical care. This is just one example of the typical debate of the opposing sides.

Be sure to explain your position and provide citations for the sources as your evidence of the position that you are taking.