Immunity of Volunteer Health Care Providers in Texas: Bartering Legal Rights for Free Medical Care (Comment)

摘要

This comment will explore the ramifications of recent Texas legislation affecting the indigent beneficiaries of free health care services and why we elect this particular option of caring for the poor. This comment will delve into the idea of health care as a fundamental human right and how this idea relates to the American definition of poverty. The problem of inadequate access to health care among the poor will be examined, with a discussion of the recent creation of volunteer immunity in Texas and similar legislation in other states. This comment will also evaluate the reliance of the poor on charity. Finally, alternative solutions will be proposed to the problem of indigent access to health care.