The Right to Health in the Upcoming Constitutional Debate in Chile
The upcoming plebiscite presents a historic opportunity to open a debate and incorporate the principles of a right to health into the nation’s constitution.
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Read more: Pragmatism and the Chilean Constitutional Moment Pragmatism and the Chilean Constitutional Moment
A long and dense enumeration of social rights would create high expectations, which could injure the credibility of the new constitution.
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Read more: Ugandan Court Decision Enshrines Access to Basic Maternal Health Care as a Right Ugandan Court Decision Enshrines Access to Basic Maternal Health Care as a Right
In its judgment, the Court directed the Government of Uganda to prioritize and provide sufficient funds in the national budget for maternal health care.
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Read more: Regional Insights for Constitutionalizing the Right to Health in Chile Regional Insights for Constitutionalizing the Right to Health in Chile
Significant attention should be paid to the alignment of formal norms with the institutional architecture of the health system.
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Read more: The Democratic Case for Social Rights in Chile’s Constitutional Moment The Democratic Case for Social Rights in Chile’s Constitutional Moment
Four decades after Pinochet’s constitution, Chile has the opportunity to revisit the foundations on which society is built.
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Read more: The priorities in the benefit packages vs. the priorities of those who dole out the benefits The priorities in the benefit packages vs. the priorities of those who dole out the benefits
In my last post I promised I would provide details about the new piece of statutory legislation that was recently enacted by the Colombian Congress on the right to health, but first I should talk a little more about the prior jurisprudence that set the stage for it–especially since there’s so much of it. Every…
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Read more: A fundamental right to health? So they’re saying in Colombia… A fundamental right to health? So they’re saying in Colombia…
Perhaps surprisingly to some, Colombia has come much further along the path towards universal coverage than many developed countries in the world, including the US. Most of this progress happened precipitously starting in the early 1990’s: while in 1993 fewer than 5% of people in the lowest income quintile had access to any health care…