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(PDF) Contribution of health to economic development

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Running head: OPINION EDITORIAL 1Opinion EditorialName Institution
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OPINION EDITORIAL 2Opinion EditorialArticle Critique Health is a crucial driver for the economy. As such, healthcare is very vital in any countryin the world [ CITATION Sau09 \l 1033 ].Health financing system can help in providing resources along with economic incentives that can assist in the operating of the health system. However, across the whole world, healthcare funding has experienced several challenges, primarily due to lack of proper knowledge of who is responsible for funding it, yet since the inception of publicly funded healthcare, the coverage has increased with the number of people who are involved in thepayment of insurance premiums. The idea of the collective contribution of premiums to the healthcare system has seen countries such as the United States spend a lot of capital on health. On average, it means that the status of healthcare of the nation is quite high as compared to other countries which solely depend on the government to provide the capital to cater for healthcare needs [ CITATION DeF151 \l 1033 ]. Most societies still do not understand the factor of the common good. What it means is that a person who is healthy can continue to give premiums to an insurance firm, not only because they expect to be treated with that money [ CITATION Etz14 \l 1033 ]. The money paid by these healthy people is used to treat those who are infected, who, when left without treatment may be the channels through which an infection can spread to the other people who were initiallyhealthy. Ideally speaking, a healthy person contributes the money to the system to act as “prevention” against the spread of an infection or disease. This is the most basic understanding of the common good. Different organizations can play a critical part in creating an understandingof the need for common good practices. Humanity needs to understand that the life of one person
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OPINION EDITORIAL 3will influence the life of another, which as pointed in the article, and just like the Catholic belief puts it, “no one person lives in isolation but via fostering a healthy community.”Ways to Address the Challenge Since there is the need for everyone to access healthcare, yet others cannot afford it, the only way is through the formation of a universal healthcare system, in which everyone pays for the services whether they will be treated with the amount they spend or not. One of the underlying principles to ensure that this particular issue can be solved is understanding the quality of life of everyone in the society. It is to realize that everyone is equal and that equality should be manifested in access to healthcare too [ CITATION Dye131 \l 1033 ]. The principle of catholic social teaching (CST) states that everyone in the world is created in God’s image and everyone is worthy of being shown respect in the society. The Catholic Social Teaching states that all the people within the world should be treated with respect as it has been decreed by God. With this regard, since the principal idea lies in treating people equally, then it means that individuals need to understand the meaning of virtue and what the true meaning of life is. This is possible through the use of bodies such as religious gatherings. In most instances, religions seem to soften the hearts of people, and they can take time to meditate more on the real meaning of life, and decide to make the lives of others better as well. In most religious gatherings, it is often said that true meaning of happiness comes by being the source of happinessto those who are not feeling optimistic with life, or who are not privileged as much as others are (Annas, 2011). The Catholic Social Teaching states that we become our true selves in the event of being able to relate properly so that the human beings do not feel isolated within the society. The CST highlights the principle of the association that states that the essence of human beings lies in their being able to live together as a unit and serve each other.
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