Access usually means obtain. For example, if i hand a person a calculus book, have i given them access to knowledge of calculus? If they can read, yes. If i hand another copy to a blind person, have i given them access to the knowledge of calculus? Not really, no. If my intention is access to knowledge of calculus, i need to take extra steps. Maybe a brail version, maybe just read to them.
I think you might be fuzzy because of login prompts. Technically you're using computer resources. clearly i have access to the machine in some way. Similarly, i have access to the Mayo clinic. I can walk in and talk to people. But, with the computer i can't get to the good parts, i can't open files. Also, with the hospital, i can't get to the good parts, i can't get healthcare without extra stuff.
This isn't a slight against the clinic, I know they do charitable work. I think they charge so much, in part, to offset the costs to those who can't pay.
However, access can be compared to areas that which do not have it.
For example, if I was in northern India and get injured, I do not have access to emergency room care. Nor do I have access to a hospital. I may have access to a local doctor, but (s)he may have very limited tools and even less amount of drugs to work with.
If I am injured in this country, I do have a reasonable access to emergent care. But the costs are exorbitant to the point that many people default on those bills.
And then I would also go to the argument that there is no informed consent on the bills for treatments. We, as a public, are supposed to go in for a problem and choose the appropriate solution with no regard for cost. Our solution is that we then get the "bill we deserve". There is no breakdown for "issue X is average cost Y".
In choosing what treatments can potentially cause harm, we have the idea of informed consent. We cannot make a choice, medically speaking, unless we know both the pros and cons of said argument. This somehow, does not transfer over to harms of money and reduction on standard of life.
That's criminal.
(And yes, I chose the Mayo clinic because they are a top of the line medical center. And they charge for it as well, when the client can bear it or has good insurance. I also know they do a great deal of charity work.)
I think you might be fuzzy because of login prompts. Technically you're using computer resources. clearly i have access to the machine in some way. Similarly, i have access to the Mayo clinic. I can walk in and talk to people. But, with the computer i can't get to the good parts, i can't open files. Also, with the hospital, i can't get to the good parts, i can't get healthcare without extra stuff.
This isn't a slight against the clinic, I know they do charitable work. I think they charge so much, in part, to offset the costs to those who can't pay.