Ethical Arguments Regarding Medicare Sustainability and Public Health Funding for Unhealthy Practices

HEALTH CARE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Several people in Australia have been observed to indulge in practices that are harmful to
their health. Harmful practices such as smoking, usage of substances, contact with alcohol, and
others. Human beings have inherent equal worth, and also each person has the right to attain fair
treatment, self-fulfillment, self-determination, and similar rights. One of the issues highlighted in
the broader debate regarding Medicare Sustainability is whether people who intentionally follow
unhealthy practices should get financed by Public health funds or not if they undergo chronic
illness (Joergensen & Praestegaard, (2018).
Moreover, the arguments which are highly covered the area of whether an individual's
responsibility should interrupt the access to public health funding or not. It is being discussed
that if an individual intentionally puts their life at risk and engages themself in risky but
avoidable patterns and behaviors, so are they eligible for public health funds. In this report, a
range of ethical arguments will be conducted and presented to support the assertion of the
concept, which is highly based on four bioethical principles. Each aspect of these arguments will
be delineated (Paal and et al., 2019).
MAIN BODY
The intentionally risking health by adapting unhealthy practices in lifestyle that should be
able to attain the healthcare benefits and finance, as per the ethics of health care sectors. Choices
are interlinked with the notion of an individual's freedom. Individuals do not judge their choices.
Ethical perspective and code of ethics include that each individual should attain equal treatment
and quality of care, whatever the cause of illness and suffering (De Panfilis & Tanzi, (2019).
The policy of Medicare and its free access to public hospitals services provides support
and care to each individual, whether an individual disregards relevant bits of advice regarding
health risk and continues to harm their health by smoking, injuring themselves under the
influence of harmful substances and drugs, alcohol. Moreover, the Medicare policy is eligible for
each individual to offer quality assurance, support, and modify their attitude and behaviors
towards their lifestyle (El Daouk, Abu Musa & Abou-Mrad, (2020).
As per the ethical principles, health care practitioners should fulfill the quality of care and
needs to promote the well-being of an individual. Individuals should be treated similarly to other
patients. In the medical field, autonomy is demonstrated as an individual's choices, and