Hiroshima John Hersey

“They still wonder why they lived when so many others died. Each of them counts many small items of chance or volition—a step taken in time, a decision to go indoors, catching one streetcar instead of the next that spared him. And now each knows that in the act of survival he lived a dozen lives and saw more death than he ever thought he would see. At the time, none of them knew anything.” This quote is from the book Hiroshima by John Hersey, at the time everyone was confused by what had just happened. Many were injured and could not get help. No one knew how to help any one because the US used a new type of weapon. When the United States dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima it opened up a whole new chapter in medicine. We were perplexed by this
Access to medical care was an issue when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima because no one knew what the effects of the A-Bomb had on the city and the people. Also Japan's government should have stepped in and sent help to their own city but America also shouldn't have bombed a hospital. But in America's defense, they did not know the full extent of damage that the bomb could create. According to the Geneva Conventions “All warring parties are required to collect and care for civilians under their power who have been wounded or are sick. Aid workers and hospitals must be spared from warfare. Aid convoys and humanitarian equipment also should not be attacked.” Even though America Bombed Hiroshima, America shouldn’t have bombed the civilians. America should’ve bombed the civilians because according to the Geneva Conventions “[All] Warring parties must distinguish between civilians and combatants while conducting war in order to spare civilian lives and property. Civilian groups and individuals are protected from attacks as long as they are not participating in the fighting. Attacks may be made only against military objectives. Collective punishment of an entire population is forbidden.” The Americans shouldn’t have bombed the civilians because they were not participating in the war, if the US was to choose another
According to the UN universal declaration of human rights “Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.” So the United States has to give everyone equal access to hospitals and any other public services that are offered. “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” The quote above is from the Universal Declaration of human rights and it saying we have to help each person get to the standard of living that is adequate for health. “Cost still poses a major barrier to coverage for the uninsured. In 2015, 46% of uninsured adults said that the primary reason they were uninsured was because it was too expensive, making it the most common reason cited for being uninsured” The information above comes from The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, it's basically saying that people don't have insurance because they can't afford it. Even though the Affordable Care Act made health insurance more affordable for some, others still can't afford