Universal Health Care Research Paper

With so many changes happening in the healthcare system today it is hard to know if it is for better or for worse. Everyone has such a difference of opinion it could be good either way or bad either way. Many people think that a universal healthcare system is only going to raise costs and the quality of care would be reduced. Where others think it would bring cost down and increase access to care. Would it really be worth it for our society to change to a universal healthcare system or should we stay right where we are.

A universal health care system is one that is paid for or subsidized by the government. It is also known as a single-payer health care system. More than 45 million Americans do not have healthcare. The purpose of this would be to make it possible for every legal american to have access to it. This will give people that can't afford health

insurance access to what they need. It would be spread out to everyone so that everyone could at least get the basic care they need. Everybody would have equal access to health care.

In the universal health care we would all be under one system.

This would help doctors to be able to concentrate on patients versus insurance, paperwork, and other healthcare issues. In 2007, 62% of the bankruptcies in the united states were in someway related to health care costs even for those with health insurance. If people are healthier they work more which means they are contributing more to the economy. Everyone would have access to health care without the hardships that come with paying for it.

People say that a universal health care system would only make things worse. Costs would rise and access to health care would be limited. In theory a single-payer health care system is awesome but when it comes down to it who knows if we will thrive or if it will burn. With this health care system it often leads to long wait times for patients and not everyone is able to receive the health care they need. Bernie Sanders admitted that to make this happen, he would increase every citizens taxes, which can plunge United States into a socialism state where government controls the distribution of goods and

services.

It would be the first step in government controlling more than just the economy. People could cause unnecessary burdens on the health care system by going to the doctors for something that doesn't require the doctors. There would be no incentive to create better medicines. Just like Obamacare, there would be a lot of curves and loopholes to happen that it would take a long time to get it off the ground. It would drain our country and put us even further into debt.

In conclusion, there is pro's and con's to every this just like there is an every situation. Determining what would truly be best for our country is hard. We won't know how it really affects our economy until we just do it. It works in some countries but will it work in ours. It is hard to deny the con's of the situation. Both ways could be either triumphant or disastrous. Whether the universal healthcare reduces cost and increases access to health care or whether it does the opposite. Choosing something like this would be hard. I am just glad I am not the one who has to do it.