Question

Express how the lack of access to health care and the resulting health disparities are most important and pressing ethical issues in health care.

Answer 1

There is a huge amount of disparities in terms of healthcare services being available to people. Many people do not have access to the required healthcare services because of factors such as low income, lack of availability of suitable healthcare services, high costs, etc. Clearly, a substantial disparity is the accessibility of healthcare by a large group of people raises various ethical issues. Since medical technologies have progressed a lot in recent years, the benefits should be accessible to a much larger group of people. Therefore, a pressing ethical issue in healthcare is to make healthcare more affordable, accessible and available for people who earlier found it difficult to avail the needed healthcare services.