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Medical Need, Equality, and Uncertainty.

L Chad Horne1

  • 1l.chad.horne@gmail.com.

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|May 20, 2016
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Summary

Distributing healthcare by medical need is not primarily about equality, but about reducing uncertainty in healthcare insurance. This approach offers financial protection and indemnity, rather than ensuring overall well-being equality.

Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Social Justice

Background:

  • The principle of distributing healthcare based on medical need is often linked to achieving equality.
  • Egalitarian theories typically focus on overall well-being or life prospects, which may not align with healthcare distribution by need.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate the relationship between healthcare distribution by medical need and the concept of equality.
  • To argue that healthcare distribution by need serves a different primary function than promoting overall equality.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation
  • Conceptual analysis of healthcare distribution principles
  • Examination of healthcare insurance mechanisms
Keywords:
distributive justiceequalityhealth insurancehealthcaremedical necessitymedical needpolitical philosophy

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  • Distributing healthcare according to medical need is primarily a mechanism for reducing individual uncertainty about future medical expenses.
  • This distribution model functions as a form of indemnity within healthcare insurance.
  • The alignment of healthcare distribution by need with overall equality is considered coincidental rather than a direct objective.

Conclusions:

  • Healthcare distribution by medical need is fundamentally about providing indemnity and managing risk, not a direct tool for achieving broader social equality.
  • The principle serves to mitigate uncertainty regarding personal health and associated costs.
  • Rethinking healthcare distribution requires distinguishing between the goals of insurance (indemnity) and the broader aims of egalitarianism.