The Massachusetts Medical Society is the first state medical society to assert through an organizational policy that healthcare is a basic human right, a policy subsequently supported by the American Medical Association.
Specifically, the 25,000 physician- and student-members of the Massachusetts Medical Society recognize that “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, in all its dimensions, including health care, is a basic human right.
The provision of health care services, as well as optimizing the social determinants of health is an ethical obligation of a civilized society.” To read the entire piece from Fierce Healthcare, click here.
