title: What would a socialist health care system look like? A sketch.
abstract: In this paper I argue that, since institutions must reflect the societies in which they are placed, a socialist health-care system cannot be understood unless democratic socialism--which would assure all of basic necessities of existence, full education and health-care to all members of the community--is not incompatible with a flourishing market for other products. In contrasting single with multiple tiered health care systems, I suggest that a single tiered system in which all have equal access to health care and none can buy more, is most consistent with the ideals of democratic socialism.
authors.affiliation: Section of Bioethics, University of California, Davis, USA.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Loewy
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D030861:Capitalism; D004465:Economic Competition; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D038622:Internationality; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values; D012950:Socialism; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States