Yingling Marissa E
Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, 2217 S 3rd St. Oppenheimer Hall, KY 40208 Louisville, USA.
J Hum Rights Soc Work. 2021;6(2):163-169. doi: 10.1007/s41134-020-00143-z. Epub 2020 Oct 23.
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing failures of the for-profit health insurance system in the USA. This social commentary briefly reviews short-term policies that have been enacted to address immediate health insurance needs during the pandemic as well as long-term policies that have been implemented and proposed to solve the shortcomings of this system. Prior to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the National Association of Social Workers advocated for a single-payer health care system. The author argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is a watershed moment offering social work an ideal opportunity to revitalize its advocacy and commitment to a single-payer health care system grounded in the , which asserts that health care is a human right.
新冠疫情暴露了美国营利性医疗保险系统的失灵。这篇社会评论简要回顾了为应对疫情期间即时医疗保险需求而制定的短期政策，以及为解决该系统缺陷而实施和提议的长期政策。在2010年《患者保护与平价医疗法案》出台之前，美国社会工作者协会就倡导建立单一支付者医疗保健系统。作者认为，新冠疫情是一个分水岭时刻，为社会工作提供了一个理想契机，使其能够重振对基于“医疗保健是一项人权”这一原则的单一支付者医疗保健系统的倡导和承诺。
