A CRITIQUE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF A RIGHT TO A DECENT MINIMUM HEALTH CARE
A CRITIQUE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN DEFENCE OF A RIGHT TO A DECENT MINIMUM HEALTH CARE

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts a critique of the arguments advanced in support of a right to a decent minimum of health care. Using the method of analysis and argumentation, it examines arguments earlier given by scholars to justify a right to a decent minimum of health care. It avers that arguments bordering on the need to cater for other sectors of the economy or the dwindling fortunes of the government at some periods on which the right to a decent minimum of health care is justified confuses the unique nature of the health sector and the other sectors of the economy. It concluded that a right to a decent minimum of health care is not enough as most medical issues such as the IVF and similar ones may require huge financial commitment which an individual may not be able to finance. As such, government should embrace the right to an unqualified health care.

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