Project:
456 - Defenders_of_Human_Rights
Description:
Poor, uninsured, under-insured or insecurely employed people face direct financial barriers (fees, deductibles, transport) and indirect barriers (lost income, childcare, fear of bills) that delay or prevent them from seeking and receiving care; poverty overlaps strongly with race but also harms beyond racial lines.
Desired Outcome:
Healthcare, especially essential and emergency care including maternity, is effectively free at the point of use so that cost no longer determines who gets care or who survives.
What Could Go Wrong:
Economic shocks, benefit cuts, hospital closures and rising costs further reduce affordability and availability; profit-motivated actors lobby against reforms; policy focuses only on attitudes and education, leaving money barriers intact.
Current Situation:
In the US, care is expensive and many live in maternity care deserts; even in universal systems, poorer communities face longer waits, fewer local services and higher barriers; economic stress itself undermines health and engagement with care.
Action Strategy:
Design PHC humanitarian projects where surplus from commercial work subsidises care access; support policies that remove or cap out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy, childbirth and critical care; use PHC Concerns and Timechunks to track how often cost or income drives delay or non-attendance.
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