The Right to Healthcare – Does the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church Assist or Inhibit the Implementation of Universal Healthcare in the United States?

Authors

Leonardo D. Mendoza, Loyola Marymount University

Publication Date

2021

Keywords

Healthcare, Catholic Social Teaching, United States

Abstract

In recent years, American society has placed an emphasis on the right to healthcare. In the American political arena, the debate over healthcare has caused division between the political left and right. It has created factions within political parties and social movements. The healthcare debate was one of many prominent issues in what is perhaps the most consequential election in modern American history. This paper will focus on the right to healthcare from the perspective of the Catholic Social Tradition. It will evaluate the ways in which the Catholic tradition can influence the public discourse on the right to healthcare and whether it can provide a pathway to universal healthcare in the United States.

Recommended Citation

Mendoza, Leonardo D. (2021) "The Right to Healthcare – Does the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church Assist or Inhibit the Implementation of Universal Healthcare in the United States?," Say Something Theological: The Student Journal of Theological Studies: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/saysomethingtheological/vol4/iss1/8