In the United States there is over 32 million people without health insurance, there are
over 101,000 preventable deaths per year due to no health insurance or healthcare. There
should be free healthcare to ever U.S. Citizen, this may mean high taxes, or even a flat tax but
no one should pay out of pocket for medical bills. To break down the U.S. healthcare system,
50% is paid by the patients employer, 33% is paid by the government, less than 15% is paid
"out of pocket", and less then 2% is paid by an insurance company.
Healthcare in the U.S. should be free to ever U.S. citizen. In the United States we have
to pay for some sort of healthcare, unless we want to pay an outrageous price out of our own
pocket. If we had free healthcare
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Increasing
everyone's taxes would effect a lot of people's income, family, etc,... The U.S. Government
would have to make a flat tax throughout the country instead of rich people paying less, and
middle class paying the most. This would better our medical profession and professionals, and
allow no one to be left out of the system. Now a lot of this may sound impossible to do, but
many other countries have free healthcare to everyone. Many countries such as Canada,
Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, and 7 others have universal/free healthcare.
Healthcare shouldn't be free, is what a lot of people still believe. Many people believe
people would abuse the free healthcare act, and that there would be a waiting list to be
medically treated. If we created a flat tax throughout the classes then the poor may not pay,
which means middle class and rich taxes would have to increase.
I believe healthcare should be free to ever U.S. Citizen. There are between 47-60 million
people who are uninsured and have to pay for their own medical bills. There are hundreds of
thousands of deaths that could be easily preventable if we just had free healthcare. People in
prison get free healthcare, shouldn't
The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world and some 45 million Americans are uninsured under the current health care system, and these numbers continue to grow. However with universal health care coverage everyone could enjoy equal access to health care, as a right afforded to them as American citizens. In a country as wealthy as the United States, there is no justifiable reason why Americans should go without health care and/or die
Financial burdens greatly limit the system’s accessibility; however, many in the U.S. are unable to fully utilize either option. Census estimates from 1999 indicate that 43 million Americans live without health insurance even though 75 percent of them have a full-time job or live in a household with at least one member working full-time (Mueller, , 5) In addition to the totally uninsured, census estimates also reveal that approximately 42 million other people in the U.S. are underinsured. This means that they have some insurance, but are still unable to afford all of their needed prescriptions, tests, visits to physicians, or hospital
As I stated previously I think that all people should be allowed access to Health Care and I do think it is a right as an individual. I do believe also that it should not just be free. I feel that all persons should have to pay something for the services and medication they receive. With the cost of medical care estimated to reach the trillions in the next decade we must do something to help to keep those costs down as low as possible. However under the current condition of our economy, with nearly 10 million people in the country being out of work it would
Healthcare should be a right for all U.S. citizens because not only would it drastically lower costs from the current healthcare system for both the individual and the government, but also greatly improve healthcare rankings and satisfy the majority of the population. By expanding coverage to all U.S. citizens, universal healthcare would significantly lower healthcare costs for both the individual and the government. Without a doubt, something should be done to fix the current healthcare system; it is just a matter of what should be done. Over the past several years, the cost of healthcare in the U.S. has risen significantly and does not seem to lower, surpassing “$2.2 trillion in 2007”. Universal Health Care is a "Social Program", not "socialized medicine"; under Universal Health Care, one can choose any doctor(s) or public hospital (A "private" hospital, even in the U.S.A. today, is just that. A hospital that is exclusive to the general population according to the wealth and contacts of an individual. There is no "out of network" doctor, hospital or medical facility in the program.
It is estimated there are between 20,000 and 45,000 deaths a year due to lack of health insurance. “The uninsured have a higher risk of death when compared to the privately insured…”, Andrew Wilper, M.D. Isn’t that sad? There shouldn’t be long hours of waiting before a patient can be treated just because he or she is uninsured. If it is an urgent matter, then we all should get equal treatment, don’t you
The rising cost of health care has led companies to stop offering health insurance for employees, and private insurance is often too expensive for people to afford. Many families make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but are unable to pay for private health insurance. Health care costs in the United States have more than doubled in the last twenty years. Insurance premiums are rising five times faster than wages, and Americans are spending more money on health care than people in any other country. The average amount one person pays per year for health care in the United States is 134 times higher than the average of other industrialized countries (“Health Care Issues”). Even people who have insurance aren’t guaranteed coverage. Many insurance companies find loopholes to avoid paying for expensive medical treatment, leaving people with massive debt from medical bills. Medical bills and illness cause over half of all personal bankruptcies in the United
As humans, the right to medical care is something that should be seen as a privilege. No one should have to worry about if they are able to receive the healthcare that they require. Everyone has the right to receive the care that they should need. The only way to provide equal care for everyone in America is if healthcare were to be free. Though many countries around the world are able to provide free healthcare, this is something that is unfortunately not possible for all countries. There would be many issues that would arise if free healthcare were provided here in America. Due to the fact that quality care would be difficult to find, taxes would be increased, and much more, health care should not be free.
Throughout the modern era of the United States, one constant issue in society is free healthcare. This issue is not just an issue in the United States, but also in the whole world. Many other countries have made drastic changes in order to fix or at least attempt to fix this issue in their own country, but the U.S. has not done very much. Many Americans believe that free healthcare is something that tax paying citizens should be entitled to. These citizens of the United States ask why and how do many other countries have free healthcare, but the U.S. does not. These citizens ask this because they consider the fact that the United States is a very powerful country, but there are many other poorer countries around the world that have free healthcare.
Americans should have access to healthcare because no American should go in debt in order to be seen by a Doctor.
Another benefit associated with free health care system is that it preserves life as it ensures free treatment to the entire citizens despite their financial status. Apparently, the life of a human being is sacred and incomparable with any amount of money. It is unethical for an individual to die due to lack of finance. As stated by Obama, the United States is known to have the most skilled doctors and healthcare facilities in the world (526). Ironically, the two third of the Americans have no access to health insurance cover, meaning, they cannot afford to get the health services from the best doctors and the best facilities in the country. To protect life and to avoid unnecessary deaths of the innocent citizens, free access to medical services should be a distinct system to be employed in the United States of America.
The Government should provide healthcare for anyone who can’t afford it there selves. I feel this is a must because they are more than capable to provide a good insurance for those who need it.
With the current healthcare system in the United States there are many people who do not have health insurance due to cost.
Health Care, like all other services comes at a financial cost. While we should strive to make health care available and affordable to all, the bottom line is that it is a service that can only be provided if the voting populous agrees on its need. Basic human rights do not cost money. We have the right to life and liberty which is great and we do not have to pay for it. We have the right to basic medical care as well. But we can only have that if other people
Would you like you taxes to be further increased? Would you want to spend an entire day in a waiting room? Would you want to receive unsatisfactory healthcare? Free healthcare increases taxes, waiting hours when visiting a doctor and decreases the value of your doctor visit. In order to get the most out of your money and time, free healthcare should not be implemented.