{"id":53,"date":"2017-02-15T15:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/?p=53"},"modified":"2017-03-09T02:15:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T07:15:47","slug":"healthcare-is-a-fundamental-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/2017\/02\/15\/healthcare-is-a-fundamental-human-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare is a Fundamental Human Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mod\" data-md=\"61\">\n<div class=\"_oDd\" data-hveid=\"36\"><span class=\"_Tgc\">The World Health Organization (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/\"><abbr title=\"World Health Organization\">WHO<\/abbr><\/a>) Constitution enshrines \u201c\u2026the highest attainable standard of health as a\u00a0<b>fundamental right<\/b> of every <b>human<\/b> being.\u201d The <b>right<\/b> to health includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable <b>health care<\/b> of appropriate quality. &#8230; Universal health coverage is a means to promote the <b>right<\/b> to health.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g\">\n<div class=\"rc\" data-hveid=\"38\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiDkJvA-pLSAhUKj1QKHSRhBBcQFQgmKAAwAQ\">\n<h2 class=\"r\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs323\/en\/\" data-processed=\"1\"><abbr title=\"World Health Organization\">WHO<\/abbr> | Health and human rights<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"s\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"f kv _SWb\">Nobody should have to decide on putting food on the table vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/jan\/27\/us-healthcare-being-ill-cost-everything-nhs\">going to the doctor<\/a> or having an essential operation. It shouldn&#8217;t be based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db83.htm\">your employment status<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4253958\/healthcare-quality-report-card\/\">where you live<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3633404\/\">how sick you are<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/end-predatory-healthcare-pricing?recruiter=90930916&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=copylink\">how much you can afford to pay<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution enshrines \u201c\u2026the highest attainable standard of health as a\u00a0fundamental right of every human being.\u201d The right to health includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable health care of appropriate quality. &#8230; Universal health coverage is a means to promote the right to health. WHO | Health and human rights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/2017\/02\/15\/healthcare-is-a-fundamental-human-right\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Healthcare is a Fundamental Human Right&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,22],"tags":[23,31],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-health","tag-health","tag-insurance"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-a-v-e.org\/washingtonnewstimes.com\/opinion\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}