### basic human right:

Health care
* Much health care exists to help people who are suffering.
* becomes an increasingly serious issue as the organism grows older.
* can also be a major problem for low-income households
  - be a large cost, especially for small businesses with small revenues
* cheats prey on people's hopes and fears.
* community resource for both prevention and treatment.
* complex and rapidly changing industry
  - industry that has been resistant to traditional market dynamics
* covers all medical procedures and treatments.
* critical social good that demands collective interests prevail over private gain.
* fundamental human right.
* goes beyond getting rid of symptoms or disease.
* growth industry for careers.
* has many standards for electronic communications and transactions.
* huge industry in both the Australian and New Zealand economies.
* human endeavor
  - experience - people caring for people
* includes giving medication, dressing wounds and caring for feet
  - medical, dental, vision, and mental health services
  - prenatal and postpartum care
  - prevention as well as treatment of illness or injury
  - the major pharmaceutical manufacturers and medical supply companies
* increases likelihood.
* involves an agreed transaction between providers and users of services
  - more than dealing with emergencies
* is about listening, and treating one another with dignity and respect
  - actually the most regulated industry in America
  - affected by laws about other topics
  - also political, as it was under Serb administration
* is an area of government that is under continual scrutiny
  - undergoing rapid, innovative change
  - where there lot that needs to be done
  - essential element in helping stabilize homeless individuals
* is an information industry
  - intensive activity
  - integral part of both the community and the information economy
* is an issue that crosses disciplines
  - is as politicized as education and social security
  - obvious element of our quality of life
  - ongoing process that requires daily maintenance
* is another area where cities and rural areas are increasingly left behind
  - significant concern for the elderly
  - as susceptible as other industries to global environmental forces
  - attention
  - crucial to the American people
  - delivered by nurse practitioners
  - designed to restore, maintain, and enhance health
  - extremely costly in the United States
  - fastest growing service industry in the United States today
  - free for all citizens
  - funded through a variety of private payers and public programs
  - given regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, lifestyle, or illness
  - highly underpenetrated, meaning it s mostly self-managed
* is important to the people of Southern Saskatchewan
  - well-being of our families
  - inadequate for the common people
  - informally rationed according to the age of the patient
* is more than medicine
  - providing care to ill or injured citizens
  - the use of provider services
  - mostly nongovernmental organizations and churches
  - no longer limited to the traditional practice of doctors and nurses
  - now a system of integrated health care delivery networks and managed care providers
  - of major importance to pensioners
  - on the mind of people today
* is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States
  - industries in the nation
  - largest economic sectors in the United States
* is one of the most highly unionized sectors for women in the paid labour force
  - important public policy issues for older people
  - one-seventh of our economy
  - oriented toward promoting and maintaining health, with an emphasis on prevention
  - paid for by private funds and by private and public insurance programs
  - prescribed for each person specifically to meet that individuality
  - provided in a unique environment wherein there is no consumer
  - reminiscent of childhood
  - seen as a business around the world, mostly concerned with costs and profits
  - services which promote quality of life throughout the life cycle
  - social insurance
* is the business of the patient
  - largest public spending programme in government
  - most highly regulated industry
  - number one profit industry in the country
  - number-one kitchen table issue for many women
  - second largest industry in the United States
  - to some extent driven by insurance
  - truly a commitment to wholeness and involves the nurturing of our unified being
  - unquestionably important in the early months of pregnancy
* is very different from the Internet
  - expensive in the United States
  - viewed as a fundamental right of all people
  - wellness programs emphasizing education, exercise and healthy eating
* is, in many respects, an information industry.
* large, diverse and rapidly evolving segment of the economy.
* local phenomenon.
* local, personal issue that requires customization.
* major concern in many parts of the world
  - issue for American businesses
  - quality of life factor and critical component of military readiness
  - sector of the U.S. economy
* means care, services, or supplies related to the health of an individual
  - health related treatment or advice from a licensed health care provider
* national problem that needs to be addressed both nationally and locally.
* needs change throughout the life cycle
  - increase as a person ages
  - vary from person to person, age to age, and situation to situation
* part of our culture.
* private matter that is the responsibility of each individual.
* rapidly changing field.
* rationing is an economic imperative.
* right of all individuals
  - every citizen
* right, just as education is, just as equal justice under law.
* saves lives more than it places people in coffins.
* service centered on the well being of the human being
* shared responsibility.
* social, rather than a purely economic, good.
* stringently regulated industry.
* substantial proportion of the total federal budget.
* suffers in quality when it is segregated.
* tends to be a little less efficient with records.
* touches the lives of everyone young or old.
* vitally important issue in the workplace.
* wild card for families overseas.
* zero-sum game.
+ History of the United States, Post-Cold War and beyond (1991–present), A changing country
  * The United States faces many issues at the present. One of these is what kind of government the United States should become. Liberals want a large government, while the Tea Party and other groups want a smaller government. One of these debates is over health care. Health care costs a lot more today than it did a few years ago. Conservatives and liberals also disagree on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Many more people have come to accept gays and gay marriage as an acceptable part of American society. There are also many trends and developments that the U.S. must deal with. One of these is immigration. Many people are coming to the U.S. from Latin America and Asia, especially Mexico.
+ Suffering: Life :: Emotions :: Pain :: Ethics
  * Suffering' is pain or mental or emotional unhappiness caused by bad things happening, like disasters or illness. It is an important topic in philosophy, and religion. Much health care exists to help people who are suffering.