Social Justice In Healthcare

Market justice also referred to as the economic good, it is a fair distribution of healthcare to the market forces in a free economy. Medical services are distributed on the basis of people’s willingness and ability to pay. Healthcare is an economic good governed by free market forces, supply, and demand. In a market justice system, individuals are responsible for their own achievements. People make rational choices in their decision to buy healthcare products and services. People consult with their physicians who know what is best for them, and the market works best without interference from government. In association with classical ethical theory, physician is to do whatever it takes to restore a patient’s health. The patient is responsible for paying for services provided and the poor can be served by charity, and it ignores the societal good and people’s responsibility to the community at large. In association with libertarianism, equity is achieved when resources are distributed among merits, healthcare distributed according to minimal standards and financed through the willingness to pay. In a market justice system healthcare is not a central priority. The production of healthcare is determined by how much the consumers are willing and able to pay, and focuses on individual rather than a collective responsibility for health.
Healthcare is a social good and should be collectively financed and available to every citizen. In a social justice system, healthcare should be based on need rather than cost, there is a shared responsibility for health, and the well-being of the community is superior to that of the individual. Social justice system is mainly controlled by an entity such as a government and al individuals have access to medical care and the government controls production and