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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Health Fund to Provide Refrigerated Medication in All Bedouin Clinics
August 17, 2009
The irregular supply of electricity (the clinics are forced to rely on generators) significantly lowers the quality of medical services … Read more
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Equality and Health within the Economic Arrangement Bill 2009-2010
August 17, 2009
ACRI and its associates have been successful in abolishing central problematic health clauses that appeared in earlier drafts of the … Read more
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Guaranteeing Safe Public Housing for Family in Rocket-Stricken South
August 12, 2009
ACRI challenges Housing Ministry regulations which discriminate against people who suffer emotional difficulties and limits public housing relocation to those … Read more
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New MRI Tender Favors Hospitals in Periphery
August 11, 2009
Health Ministry tender incorporates ACRI’s standards for equality in health, clearly prioritizing bids that include “the improvement of availability of … Read more
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New Health Ministry Plan to Provide Dental Care for Children, Elderly
July 30, 2009
Unprecedented plan to include dental services in the National Health Insurance Law marks triumph of Coalition for Public Dental Health, … Read more