In a cultural and technological world so heavily influenced by the United States, the lack of access to universal and affordable health care remains a critical point of debate and embarrassment in a country far behind in the accessibility of its citizens. Today's establishment response, known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a law passed that aims to ease access to a market in which insurance providers compete at fair rates for insure those who previously did not have access or could not afford it. he. Although recently tested in a number of states, a number of glaring ethical and operational problems remain and will test the fiber of the new plan, in which some cases show it is more harmful to some citizens that useful. Indeed, the goal by which the Affordable Care Act seeks to provide insurance to millions of people who otherwise could not have access to it is an honorable and perhaps necessary gesture, but the ethical questions of whether this approach Whether or not a particular violation violates the rights of citizens, or constitutes a natural right in itself, remains to be verified. Although the United States spends more each year than any other country on health care, "...with per capita health care spending far higher than that of any other nation" (Bodenheimer 1), it is still historically considered one of the weakest health systems among other industrialized countries. Compared to six other modern countries in a 2010 study by the Commonwealth Fund, the United States "ranks last overall...on measures of quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead a long, healthy and productive life” (Fox 1). With the advent of the Obama administration and the ACA, government is in middle of paper ......ship, Accountability and Ethics 8.3 (2011): 89-95. ProQuest. Internet. May 2, 2014. Schimmel, Noam. “The Place of Human Rights in American Efforts to Expand and Universalize Health Care.” Human Rights Review 14.1 (2013): 1-29. ProQuest. Internet. May 2, 2014. Fox, Bethanne. "The United States ranks last among seven countries in health system performance based on measures of quality, efficiency, access, equity and healthy living - Commonwealth Fund." The United States ranks last among seven countries in health system performance based on measures of quality, efficiency, access, equity and healthy living - Commonwealth Fund. Np, June 23, 2010. Web. May 1, 2014. “North America United.” United North America. Np, and Web. May 1 2014. .