PHL 325M Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Communitarianism, Health Insurance Mandate, Universalizability
28 Apr 2017
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Can afford it but doesn"t choose to buy it. Invincibles: young people without insurance that think they are invincible. Take vitamins, brush teeth, avoid high risk activities, exercise to prevent getting sick/harm. Some are good ideas but some are not. Avoid er waits, lack of tests (andrew scenario: he suffers less) Improve public health, avoid spread of diseases. Earlier diagnosis is more efficient (good for subscribers, taxpayers, etc. ) Uninsured use others to pay for necessary treatment including creditors. Using people to decrease premiums for others. Rawls: unequal access disadvantages least well off. Delivered to vice president george h. w. bush in 1981. Symbolizes mutual empathy in the face of birth, illness, and death. (communitarian) Health problems are beyond control and therefore underserved. (rawls/kantian) Health is comparable to education in determining the opportunities available to people to pursue different life plans. Information reassures, supports ability to cope, plan, act.
