Long time ago, there was no need for health insurance in America, as doctors had many clients because their services were not so expensive and in some cases in rural areas, people could pay by giving other items. Doctors were not as knowledgeable as they are nowadays to care for the sick, therefore this didn't have much effect then on the patients, as they were treated for the basic illnesses.
As progress was made in medicine gradually with new medical technologies which could only be used in the hospitals, doctors started charging more, which was unaffordable for most people, with time, all this started to change as the industrialization of the American economy caused families and people to start relying on services from doctors and the hospitals for treatment. In 1929, a system was created in Dallas, Texas (1) which charged everyone the same. This insurance was to ease the healthcare problem and create a happy scenario for both the doctors and patient, which employers added health to employment packages to boost labor due to shortage after the Second World War. Soon, other private insurance companies were entering the market, thereby creating competition as costs were determined by several factors leaving the sick ones out and insuring healthy people.
Problems of healthcare were compounded because even though some employers included health care benefits that, it expired after they retired. While the poor, self-employed or those working for employers unable to provide insurance had no health insurance. These problems had to be addressed in an efficiently and not only temporarily, but for the future.
Although insurance has been around for centuries, Sidney R. Garfield, a young surgeon, took the initiative and laid the foundation...
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Have you ever been sick? Chances are you have. Medical care is very expensive; a simple check-up can cost up to and over $100. If a check-up costs that much money, think about how much an operation might cost. If it weren’t for Medicare or (Free) Universal Health Insurance, it is possible that some of you would be bankrupt by now. The inventor of this system is Tommy Douglas, voted the greatest Canadian of all time by the CBC broadcasting channel. This remarkable man was the former premier of Saskatchewan for 17 years and the father of Medicare.
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Until Obama-care, The United States was one of the only developed nations that did not provide some sort of health care for its citizens. To most other
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Finances have become one of the main issues with healthcare today. Most Americans if they don’t have healthcare through their employer will not obtain healthcare on their own because of health insurance cost. Another issue with health care are with those that have language barriers, most people who are not fluent or don’t speak English at all, have a lot of difficulty obtaining proper care therefore most are left dissatisfied and just go with out any care to avoid the annoying and tediousness of trying to understand and get understanding of the healthcare employee administering the care. Also a lot of language barriers with the prescriptions labels cause mix-ups with taking the medicines or follow treatment plans properly.
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Health care is one of the most important amenities the world acquires. Without health care, where would the population be? The human species would gradually decline tremendously if the world lacked health care, health care systems, and health insurance. The main goal of a health care system is to provide people with health care services at a logical and efficient rate while also maintaining a level of quality for the patient. Each country has its own advantages and disadvantages to its health care system including the way it chooses to finance health care. What works for one country may not necessarily be efficient for another country. Some believe that if reform took place, health care systems around the world will be more efficient if they