The Right to Health
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The right to health is a fundamental human right. Under Israeli law, every Israeli resident is entitled to health services in accordance with the principles of justice, equality, and mutual support. However, the Israeli health system is far from being able to adhere to these principles. On the contrary, we are witnessing increasing inequality in access to health services. Insufficient funding of the public health system, coupled with privatization of health services, have led to a deterioration in the scale and quality of services provided by the health system. The result is two health systems that differ substantially in quality – one for the wealthy and one for the poor.
ACRI works to ensure accessible and equal health services to all citizens and residents of Israel: rich and poor, Arab and Jewish, old and young, living in the center or in the periphery. This includes the rights of the mentally ill with regards to health care, and the rights of refugees and asylum seekers with regards to medication administered without proper information. Through legal work including intervening directly with the Ministry of Health, and focused publications, ACRI has brought the issue of the growing inequalities in the health care system into the public sphere.
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ACRI Welcomes Cabinet Approval of Public Dental Plan for Children
May 4, 2010
Coalition for Public Dental Health, of which ACRI is a key member, views plan as a key step forward, but … Read more
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State Committee Accepts ACRI’s Proposals for Health Budget Allocations
March 1, 2010
Capitation formula will prioritize residents of Israel’s peripheral regions In February 2010, a special inter-ministerial committee tasked with determining the … Read more
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ACRI’s State of Human Rights Report 2009: Rights on Condition
December 6, 2009
Annual survery finds conditioning of rights affects all members of society, weakens Israeli democracy JERUSALEM – December 6, 2009 – … Read more
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Coalition for a Different Society Demands Fair Budget Allocation
August 20, 2009
ACRI and partners present policy makers with detailed ‘Principles for a Just and Worthy Budget’, A new and innovative civil … Read more
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Intervention on the Right to Information for the Mentally Ill
August 20, 2009
At present, during admission to a psychiatric ward patients are asked to sign a consent waiver, which states that a … Read more