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Universal Access to Health Care for Migrants: Applying Cosmopolitanism to the Domestic Realm

Universal Access to Health Care for Migrants: Applying Cosmopolitanism to the Domestic Realm This article discusses cosmopolitanism as the moral foundation for access to health care for migrants. The focus is on countries with sufficiently adequate universal health care for their citizens. The article argues for equal access to this kind of health care for citizens and migrants alikeincluding migrants at special risk such as asylum seekers or undocumented migrants. Several objections against equal access are raised, such as the cosmopolitan approach being too restrictive or too permissive, or the consequences being undesirable; but the objections are largely refuted. Some special cases in which a restriction of equal access to health care might be justified are described: humanitarian crisis, short term tourism, and the case of a migrant or refugee who will stay only very briefly on a state's territory. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Health Ethics Oxford University Press

Universal Access to Health Care for Migrants: Applying Cosmopolitanism to the Domestic Realm

Wild, Verina
Public Health Ethics , Volume 8 (2) – Jul 3, 2015
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Oxford University Press
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The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. Available online at www.phe.oxfordjournals.org
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1754-9973
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1754-9981
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10.1093/phe/phv014
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Abstract

This article discusses cosmopolitanism as the moral foundation for access to health care for migrants. The focus is on countries with sufficiently adequate universal health care for their citizens. The article argues for equal access to this kind of health care for citizens and migrants alikeincluding migrants at special risk such as asylum seekers or undocumented migrants. Several objections against equal access are raised, such as the cosmopolitan approach being too restrictive or too permissive, or the consequences being undesirable; but the objections are largely refuted. Some special cases in which a restriction of equal access to health care might be justified are described: humanitarian crisis, short term tourism, and the case of a migrant or refugee who will stay only very briefly on a state's territory.

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Public Health Ethics – Oxford University Press

Published: Jul 3, 2015

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