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                                                                <journal-id>dpüijses</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Uluslararası Sosyal ve Ekonomik Çalışmalar Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2757-6582</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.62001/gsijses.1568064</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Sociology (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Sosyoloji (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>The Modern Manifestation of the Hippocratic Oath for Human Rights: Medicare-for-All</article-title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <trans-title-group xml:lang="tr">
                                    <trans-title>İnsan Hakları İçin Hipokrat Yemini&#039;nin Modern Tezahürü: Herkes İçin Medicare</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aluş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yadigar</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Wayne State University</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250630">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
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                                        <volume>6</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>320</fpage>
                                        <lpage>327</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20241016">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>16</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250620">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2020, Uluslararası Sosyal ve Ekonomik Çalışmalar Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Uluslararası Sosyal ve Ekonomik Çalışmalar Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Abstract: The debate on healthcare reform in the United States becomes a major topic in every election cycle. This situation brings with it many questions, debates, and political divisions within the US. One of these questions is whether the United States should replace the current private insurance with a Medicare-for-All healthcare system. The intensity of the debates focuses on the necessity of &quot;Medicare-for-All&quot; being perceived as a human right, the dysfunctionality of the current US healthcare system, and the resulting low life expectancy. This study will discuss how Medicare-for-All can be functional in terms of human rights as a manifestation of the Hippocratic Oath, which is the source of universal principles such as doing good to people, being fair, and protecting people from harm, by presenting a content analysis based on data obtained through literature, media, and publications. The findings reveal that the current healthcare system in the US is complex and unaffordable, thus causing low life expectancy. If the current health care system were to be transformed into Medicare-for-All, most people would have access to health care, many diseases would be treatable, and the financial burden would be lifted from the shoulders of millions of people who are uninsured or underinsured today. Medicare-for-All would contribute to equality and justice, both individually and socially, by implementing the principle of access to and use of health care. With Medicare-for-All, health insurance would cease to be an employment privilege and become a right for all. Keywords: Healthcare, Health Insurance, Medicare-for-All, Universal Healthcare System</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Özet: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri&#039;ndeki sağlık reformu tartışması her seçim döneminde önemli bir konu haline geliyor. Bu durum ABD içinde birçok soru, tartışma ve siyasi bölünmeyi beraberinde getiriyor. Bu sorulardan biri de Amerika Birleşik Devletleri&#039;nin mevcut özel sigortayı Medicare-for-All sağlık sistemiyle değiştirip değiştirmemesi gerektiğidir. Tartışmaların yoğunluğu &quot;Medicare-for-All&quot;ın bir insan hakkı olarak algılanmasının gerekliliği, mevcut ABD sağlık sisteminin işlevsizliği ve bunun sonucunda ortaya çıkan düşük yaşam beklentisi üzerine odaklanıyor. Bu çalışma, insanlara iyilik yapmak, adil olmak ve insanları zarardan korumak gibi evrensel ilkelerin kaynağı olan Hipokrat Yemini&#039;nin bir tezahürü olarak Medicare-for-All&#039;ın insan hakları açısından nasıl işlevsel olabileceğini, literatür, medya ve yayınlar aracılığıyla elde edilen verilere dayalı bir içerik analizi sunarak tartışacaktır. Bulgular, ABD&#039;deki mevcut sağlık sisteminin karmaşık ve karşılanamaz olduğunu ve bu nedenle düşük yaşam beklentisine neden olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Mevcut sağlık sistemi Medicare-for-All&#039;a dönüştürülseydi, çoğu insan sağlık hizmetlerine erişebilirdi, birçok hastalık tedavi edilebilirdi ve bugün sigortası olmayan veya yetersiz sigortalı milyonlarca insanın omuzlarından mali yük kalkardı. Medicare-for-All, sağlık hizmetlerine erişim ve kullanım ilkesini uygulayarak hem bireysel hem de toplumsal olarak eşitliğe ve adalete katkıda bulunacaktır. Medicare-for-All ile sağlık sigortası bir istihdam ayrıcalığı olmaktan çıkacak ve herkes için bir hak haline gelecektir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                            <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>Healthcare</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Health Insurance</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Medicare-for-All</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Universal Healthcare System</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Sağlık Hizmeti</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sağlık Sigortası</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Medicare-for-All</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Evrensel Sağlık Sistemi</kwd>
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