PERSPECTIVE Who Deserves Health Care in a Global Pandemic?

Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 167-172  |  PDF Monica Gagnon, Rebecca Cheff, and Lisa Forman Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for reflection on universal health coverage. We look at the case of the province of Ontario, Canada, which expanded health care entitlement during the pandemic to people not normally eligible for coverage, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. We use the concept of health-related deservingness to examine…