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Right to Health Fact Sheet

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The Right to Health in the United States
Last updated February 2009

 

 

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO HEALTH….

"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including ... medical care.” -Article 25 (1)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948.

 

What is the Right to Health?

Does the U.S. Recognize the Right to Health?

Is the U.S. Fulfilling the Right to Health?

Right to Health Footnotes