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标题：Why Prisoners Deserve Health Care
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作者：Joseph E. Paris
期刊名称：AMA Journal of Ethics
印刷版ISSN：2376-6980
出版年度：2008
卷号：10
期号：02
页码：113-115
出版社：American Medical Association
摘要：Proponents of the state's being the single payer of medical care reimbursement for U.S. residents often quip that prisoners are assured necessary care while law-abiding citizens are not. They make the argument that such a dichotomy is morally intolerable and that all U.S. residents (citizens and non-citizens alike) should also be assured health care. The challenges of providing health care to all U.S. residents are complex and continue to be debated nationwide. A few states have legislation that approaches universal coverage, but implementation requires political will and an agreement on the part of the public to finance the care of large groups of residents—including noncitizens—with low or moderate incomes.