Human Right to Health

Thoughts on human rights from Glendora

To my Co-freedom fighters,

I am a Black American citizen of Native and African descent, and am therefore entitled to my certain inalienable rights! I make no apologies about it! There is one thing we all need to realize while fighting for justice for all on the health care front. We must fight to increase awareness about health care access and affordability and the ramifications thereof. To do this effectively and efficiently requires us to garner the courage to speak truth to power and let the chips fall where they may. To do anything less is simply a wasted effort of vital energy. We all know that the reason why we do not have universal single payer health care is because we accept the social standards designed, not to fulfill those in need, but to fill the bellies of those who greed; those who are in the position to dictate how the current struggling 99% fail to self-sustain in our current dwindled-down economy. 

I want to share with you all today that if we do not speak the truth, which is to say that "HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT," then we must lay our efforts aside and retreat. If we do not stand for what is right and orderly based on our moral and spiritual principles, then we shall stand for nothing!  Health care is as much a human right as it is for Blacks/African and Native Americans, Latinos, Asians, LGBTQ and other minorities to have a fair shot at equal employment opportunities.

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From the Declaration of Independence

The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . . .



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Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (Right to Health)

The right to health, a human right enshrined in international Human Rights Law

The World Medical Association

The right to health was first articulated in the WHO Constitution (1946) which states that : "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being...". The preamble of the Constitution defines health as : ‘.. a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity ».

The 1948 Universal declaration of Human Rights mentioned health as part of the right to an adequate standard of living (article 25). It was again recognised as a human right in 1966 in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 12:

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Principles:

Health Care for All-Oregon recognizes health care to be a human right. We seek to createa health care system based on the principles of Universality, Equity, Accountability, Transparency Participation, and health care as a Public Good.

  • Universality: As a human right, health care must be accessible to everyone, without exception.

  • Equity: Health care resources and services must be distributed and accessed according to people’s needs. Health, wealth, employment, age, race, gender, immigration status, and other factors should not result in any barriers to health care or disparities in health outcomes.

  • Accountability: The health care system must be accountable to the people it serves. It must ensure effective delivery of care and stewardship of resources that improve individual and population health, and provide means to uphold and enforce human rights standards in care.

  • Transparency: The health care system must be open with regard to information, decision-making, and management.

  • Participation: The health care system must enable meaningful public participation in all decisions affecting people's right to health care.

  • Public Good: Health care, as a fundamental element of a just society, must not be rationed by cost as a commodity in private markets, but be secured to the people on an equitable basis by public means, similarly to education, public safety, and public utilities.

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