This
paper stresses that basic premise of ethical
health care is to make sure everyone has an opportunity to be treated, to have his illness cured if possible and not to leave the
patient and his family with a huge financial burden. The author points out that, while individuals may complain about the rising
costs of health care, it is the shouting of large corporations, who are paying a share of these costs through employee programs, that has alerted the public and government regulators to the high price of health provision. The paper contends that, although many experts may agree that the problem is "
market-driven health care", the facts are (1) that it is nearly impossible for a patient to "compare" services and (2) the traditional hospital survive through donations and gifts from philanthropists, while the
managed-care facilities must operate on a for-profit basis.
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