Healthcare?
There are many countries such as England that provide completely free health care for their citizens. In these countries often the death rates are lower and it is easier to prevent diseases in the first place. But should free healthcare be given to anyone? Would it be fair to make everyone pay for the luxury of health care? Because free healthcare takes away from hard working citizens through their taxes many believe that healthcare should be earned. But many others believe that there should be free healthcare because of the disabled and unhealthy. In this essay I will describe both side of this heated controversy in an attempt to help each side understand the other. Why shouldn’t we have free healthcare? Well, one overlooked
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In these countries often the death rates are much lower and it is much easier to prevent diseases in the to begin with. Many think that providing free health care would raise the amount of U.S. spending. When actually the United States already spends significantly more than many other countries that have free health care. If we can get over the fear of socialized medicine, then significant steps can be taken to improve the lives of Americans everywhere. Having a government that provides medical care without cost to you directly means that workers in the United States are more likely to be and stay healthy, which means workers won't be losing money on taking sick time by having to pay medical bills. Not spending money on your medical bills makes you more likely to put money into the things you want, which boosts the economy. If the government will not give free healthcare then where will the people who are poor and less fortunate go? Those who are not able to work what will they do? And to those who will ask why they can't work? If someone is mentally or physically challenged what will they do? We might not need it. But there are some who need it. The government is supposed to help the people, it is mainly their duty, and surely in every country there are poor people who can not afford paying when they fall sick, and others have said that the government would be using the money from other taxpayers, think of it this way, you have the money to buy stuff which the poor can’t, and while you are busy feeling happy about your new car or latest phone, others out there can’t even get food to eat and are feeling sick and dying. Don't think greedy, think of how many lives would be saved instead by providing free healthcare to those in need. Magic Johnson says; “ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.”, So if it’s working why
is the wealthiest country in the world and yet it is the only major industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee health care as a right to its citizens. Around 45,000 uninsured Americans die each year(What The U.S.). As a nation built upon the ideals of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” and the idea that the government is responsible for protecting it’s people’s basic rights, it is a great source of shame that the U.S. does not have universal health care. It is the government’s job to ensure it’s citizens’ rights, not make a profit off their suffering and the denial of one of their basic rights. Universal health care could save lives and ease suffering, physically, financially, and emotionally. It would take away a great financial burden off of each individual as well as the nation and government as a whole by not wasting all the per capita that we currently waste without universal health care. It would even be beneficial to capitalism because people would be more willing to take risks without the fear of having to go medically uninsured (Why The U.S.). By allowing its people to suffer and die, especially just to make a profit that will be needlessly wasted anyway, the U.S. government is committing a great immorality. Are not human lives more important than allowing greedy independent companies make a profit off of their suffering and deaths? As a country that is even willing to go to wars to protect the basic rights of foreign peoples,
Being a Canadian citizen, it is hard for me to think of life without any health insurance. I have had public health insurance all my life growing up and have been free to go to any hospital at any time and get some form of health care. Residing in the United States off and for the last 7 years I have experienced health care from both sides. I feel that private health care has huge advantages over public health care. In the following essay I will explain in three points why I feel strongly about private health care as opposed to public. What is better is always subjective, and I will not try to argue the point of health for all, but instead for the individual who is seeking the best health care possible, and is willing to put the resources into obtaining that. I will be addressing efficiency and quality, not inclusion of everyone (free health care), I will be addressing the root of this and not just that one argument, which would detract from my focus. I will not be getting into the political debate of socialism vs. capitalism, as that is a separate argument in itself, and this country is currently running under capitalism. Again coming from living in both a socialist and then a capitalist society, I feel I can do so in an unbiased manner.
Access to healthcare provides financial stability by assuring people that they will not be financially destroyed by injury or illness. Additionally, when people can afford regular medical care they tend to avoid chronic problems and financial stress. In a study provided by the American Medical Students Association, researchers reviewed the costs and benefits of universal health care. They came to the conclusion, after reviewing other articles and statistics from multiple sources, that, “The annual cost of diminished health and shorter life spans of Americans without insurance is $65-$130 billion.” (Chua 5) This comes from people not having adequate health care and then losing their jobs because they...
Health care can benefit everyone and their different income values. Health care should be required and the risk of spending on insurance should be taken even if many Americans believe they do not need health insurance. There are always possibilities of emergencies occurring and in need of insurance for the high costs of medical care. I personally believe and argued my opinion that health care needs to be required for everyone. To conclude my argument, I have argued that there are more benefits to have healthcare insurance required and that everyone in America deserves a happy and healthy
Health insurance, too many American citizens, is not an option. However, some citizens find it unnecessary. Working in the health care field, I witness the effects of uninsured patients on medical offices. Too often, I see a “self-pay” patient receive care from their doctor and then fail to pay for it. Altogether, their refusal to pay leaves the office at a loss of money and calls for patients to pay extra in covering for the cost of the care the uninsured patient received. One office visit does not seem like too big of an expense, but multiple patients failing to pay for the care they receive adds up. Imagine the hospital bills that patients fail to pay; health services in a hospital are double, sometimes triple, in price at a hospital. It is unfair that paying patients are responsible for covering these unpaid services. Luckily, the Affordable Care Act was passed on March 23, 2010, otherwise known as Obamacare. Obamacare is necessary in America because it calls for all citizens to be health insured, no worrying about pre-existing conditions, and free benefits for men and women’s health.
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
The World Health Organization defines universal health care as, “ensuring that all people can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship.” This means that every citizen of a country will have access to health care; if someone cannot attain it themselves, then the government will provide it. This topic is controversial because the state provides health care funding for every citizen; it can easily be described as being socialistic. Also, without state provided care, every citizen may not have access to the level of care needed due to costs. This topic is especially relevant because thirty two of the thirty three developed nations have universal health care with the United States as the exception. However, recently the United States has adopted the Affordable Care Act, which possess traits of universal health care. Universal health care is not a good choice for society for three reasons. The first is that it lowers quality of care. Also, the whole system and the way it is set up could certainly be a burden on taxpayers and the government which could lead to some major debts. Third, it would be easy for people to abuse the system.
The video Sick Around the World (2008) interviewed five countries on their health care policies, how they worked, and if the general population of that country was in favor of it. In England, the best component of their health care system was that the people did not have an insurance premium, co-pay, and never have to pay a medical bill. In Japan, there are fixed prices set every two years for each procedure. In addition, an insurance company cannot turn down someone with a specific disease or disorder. In Germany, doctors do not have to pay to attend medical school. Taiwan’s best components are that each patient has a smart card with their medical history to make it easier when they go to the doctor’s office, and they do not allow the rich to opt out of insurance. In Switzerland, everyone must have insurance, and if people refuse they are automatically assigned to an insurance company.
It is essential for the United States government to provide its entire citizen with a free health care. This system ensures that everyone has an access to medical services regardless to his or her social status. It is an important way of preserving life as free health care plan ensures free treatment to the entire citizen. In addition, it can play a big role of ensuring that there is an improved access to health services. Ensuring that all American citizens have an access to the right health care will in turn decrease health care costs. It can also help to stop medical bankruptcies in the entire nation. Lastly, it is one way of reducing poverty as it will lower the debt of the US which would then increase employment.
America was founded on the basis of freedom for all. Shouldn’t we all, regardless of income, be free to enjoy as many years of health as we deserve?
Health Insurance being mandatory let us solve lot of problems that we are facing nowadays like free riders, more number of uninsured in the country, etc.
Should the United States have universal healthcare? Universal healthcare means that everyone has access to the health services they need without financial hardship when paying for them. “The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide health care to all its citizens” (Institute of Medicine). The United States is one nation and every citizen should have access to affordable healthcare. Under universal healthcare it should help reduce spending on healthcare, improve the public health, and increase in economic productivity. There will also be a brief overview on the opposing viewpoint of why universal healthcare is a bad idea for America following the details in the sentence above.
The founding documents clearly state “We are the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare…do ordain and establish this constitution of the United States of America.” The term welfare includes “well-being, “happiness, health and prosperity” so it is not only the duty of the government to provide health care for all, but would be considered unconstitutional not to do so. With a universal health care system the improved health of the population, since all would have access to health care, a decrease in illness with the general population would diminish greatly. With all having access to health care it would promote equality and fairness to all citizens. One of the biggest key factors of a universal health care system would be the doctors and other health care professionals would be able to focus on treating the patient more instead of worrying about the business aspect of making money, who is paying for the treatment also the billing and paperwork process of diagnosing whatever illness the patient has. With all the insurance, payments and paperwork aspects of medical care taken care of by the government health care professionals would be able to do a better job in taking care of the
In the book Mary,Bloody Mary, written by Carolyn Meyer, a young Mary tells the reader about her life as royalty or at least her time in royalty. The nine year old Mary explains how her father, King Henry, has just betrothed her to the king of France. She however did not like this and was overwhelmed with anger towards her father, for she did not want to marry the king of France, Mary wanted to chose who she would marry herself,but she knows she can not do this. There was soon a banquet for Mary and the king of France, this were Mary sees Lady Anne for the first time. A few days later Mary is told she will be crowned Princess of wales but after she is told this her father sends her away and her mother can not accompany her.
The real problem with the health care system in this country is not just the people running it but mainly the massive pit of debt it is continually digging. America spends around 17%, which is about $2.5 trillion of our GDP on health care alone! It is safe to say we spend nearly more than any other country out there. Where is all of this money going though, are they just giving it away to those in need of free medicine or people who cant pay there doctors bills? Most of the money spent is on regulations, research on medicines and failures of medicines that may have not made the “cut” to be on the market.