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Universal Health Coverage

Gimme a bit more detail on how you want to expand it and what sources you'd use. Gingerninjagirl (talk) 20:22, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Universal health care, sometimes referred to as universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care is defined by the WHO as “ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventative, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship”. It is organized around providing a specified package of benefits to all members of a society with the end goal of providing financial risk protection, improved access to health services, and improved health outcomes.[1} Progress is defined by three dimensions: who is covered, which services are covered, and how much of the cost is covered.

Universal health care has much of its foundation laid in the declaration of the right to health as a4 fundamental human right by in the WHO constitution. Achieving universal health care is also a target of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The health policy framework is of central importance. Thus, in the development of universal health systems, it is appropriate to recognize "healthy public policy" (Health in All Policies) as the overarching policy framework, with public health, primary health care, and community services as the cross-cutting framework for all health and health-related services operating across the spectrum from primary prevention to long term care and end-stage conditions. Although this perspective is both logical and well grounded in the social ecological model, the reality is different in most settings, and there is room for improvement everywhere.[2]

Hi Eric! What do you think of this as a point of entry? I only changed the first sentence from above for now. Does this seem sufficiently inclusive to the various ways it is laid out/implemented? You could follow it up with a very quick summary of the Lancet argument (that there are many strategies laid out to achieve the goal of equitable care for all). Take what you like from it and go ahead with taking it live so you can play around with the feedback of the Wikipedia community. I think it might nicely set up an exploration of comparisons between countries. Then you can get back to business?

Universal health care, sometimes referred to as universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care is a proposal in which all persons receive “the promotive, preventative, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship”.

Gingerninjagirl (talk) 20:33, 5 April 2016 (UTC) sus