Universal Healthcare

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Why isn’t healthcare being treated as a human right? Medical care and overall health are indescribably important, and with current health systems, the proper care isn’t readily being given enough. Healthcare needs to be universally free or affordable; universal health coverage should be implemented in countries that don’t offer it. Healthcare should be considered a human right necessary in everyday life, and it isn’t easily available or affordable in many countries. Universal health coverage is economically beneficial, lowers mortality rates, and is necessary to benefit human health; therefore universal healthcare should be guaranteed across the world. Universal health coverage is an economically beneficial healthcare service that is affordable and available to all …show more content…

The United States does not have a health care system, only a health insurance system. Our government champions human rights around the world, insisting that other countries protect human rights, even imposing sanctions for failure to do so” (Gerisch 2). This statement from Gerisch explains that in the United States, as well as many other countries around the world, healthcare is seen as a way to gain money from insurance rather than to support health. In the United States, the healthcare system doesn’t benefit the common members of society to any degree, rather it benefits the rich who gain the money. Universal health coverage is actively being used in other countries and has proven to be effective, so it should be used in the United States, as well as other low-income countries. In conclusion, healthcare should be considered a human right necessary in everyday life, but due to it not being easily available or affordable in many countries, there is a need for universal health coverage. Universal health coverage is economically beneficial, lowers mortality rates, and is necessary to benefit overall human

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