Healthcare Of The Us : Time For Universal Coverage

Clearly the universal health care will not benefit the Americans. While there may be some benefits to universal health care the detrimental impact to American citizen clearly outweigh any of the possible benefit as the right to health care. Increase taxes, increase wait time, end of the free market, the quality of care, and medical abuse will be discussed in detail later in the panel.

The United States is known as one of the greatest world powers: however it is held back by its weak healthcare system. As of 2010 the US healthcare system currently ranks the 37th best out of 190 countries. Before the introduction of the Affordable Care Ac in 2010, the united States had an individual insurance market. It was the responsibility of the individual or their employer, to take care of their healthcare costs. On top of this millions of people could be denied insurance by different agencies due to pre-existing claims. Healthcare was expensive, but the costs were nothing compared to the medical bills owed by an uninsured person. Universal healthcare is a basic right not a privilege. Everyone should be given the opportunity to have health insurance no matter his or her income. Isn’t this the principle of freedom and basic right what America was based on? On half of all bankruptcies in the United States are due to an inability to pay medical bills. These problems all pose a question and the answer Is Universal Healthcare. The federal government has the interest of all American citizens on its mind and universal healthcare is a perfect way of highlighting that fact. The Affordable Care act provides low cost healthcare to the previously uninsured and guarantees continued healthcare in the case of job loss. Many people are still opposed to this act. This new system of universal healthcare will lead to improvements within the lives of American Citizens. There are many

Universal Healthcare sounds appealing, but it actually lowers the quality and quantity of healthcare services that are rendered to patients, thus downgrading the healthcare system as a whole.  Not having to pay, with everyone having coverage leads to longer wait times for medical service and many people overusing health care services. Implementation of Universal Healthcare in the United States would lead to a detrimental crippling of the nation’s health system. For those countries that have implemented Universal Healthcare or a system similar to it, all or most aspects of the coverage such as cost and care is generally provided by and tightly controlled by the government, a public-sector committee, or employer-based programs, with most of the funding essentially coming from tax revenues or budget cuts in other areas of spending. This paper will conclude with comparing the US healthcare system to others and how the US has one of the most advanced systems in the world.

The author states that if America is able to find the political will to provide universal healthcare coverage, the rest of the world can then show the way. This says to me that the United States must look within itself and make the moral determination as to whether healthcare should be considered a fundamental right granted to all its citizens as a theme of this book. Once addressed, the United States can join the other industrialized countries that have long since implemented universal healthcare systems such as: Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Canada; who have more cost effective systems which produce better health outcomes than the US.1

The U.S. is an industrialized nation that continues to be behind on providing health care coverage to all citizens. However, the German health care system came up with a plan that ensured all citizens are provided with some form of health care coverage; nevertheless, the U.S. continues to dispute health care reform and how to provide coverage to all citizens. “Health spending per capita in the United States is much higher than in other countries – at least $2,535 dollars, or 51%, higher than Norway, the next largest per capita spender. Furthermore, the United States spends nearly double the average $3,923 for the 15 countries ("Health Care Cost," 2011, table 1)”.

Around the world, many industrial countries have enacted a comprehensive health insurance program. The United States, however, has lagged behind these countries. The United States has one of the most fragmented systems today. In 1965, one of the largest health care initiatives in U.S. history was launched. The United States enacted the Medicare program which provided federally organized health insurance for Americans aged 65 older or disabled. To achieve this victory there were many stumbling blocks over the years. Politics, social, institutional and cultural forces all influenced the development and passage of Medicare.

America is seen as the greatest nation the world has ever seen where there is equality and opportunity for everyone, however, this has come to question many during recent years. Imagine what life would be like if you were one of millions in the United States without medical coverage. There is an estimated sixteen percent of Americans that live without health insurance meaning that they do not have access to the services they need and are turned away from medical aid(…).There is only one practical solution for this problem: The U.S. needs to replace its current private healthcare system with a universal healthcare program due to its benefits in availability, cost and increased efficiency.

The United States is one of the only countries of the 34 members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the only major country that does not provide its citizens with universal health care. In the past, however, many presidents and people tried to give Americans universal health care but unfortunately failed. Nevertheless, most people believe that universal health care should be provided to citizens because the cost of medicine and health care are increasing and the number of people without insurance is increasing as well. But opponents argue that the right to health care will lead to socialism and health care should be the individual's reasonability, not the government's. However, even though universal health

The promise of a universal health care in the United States over the years has only been limited to more words and a very little action. Those who can afford to pay for their well-being are better with or without it, but it’s the people living below the poverty line who are the real victims of these broken policies. With an increasing health care costs, it has become extremely difficult to get treatments for even the minor illness if one is not insured. This is a plaguing concern in both the small and big cities across America today.

Many opinions are presented in how best to address the issue of universal health care for the American public: keeping the current system, changing the current system, repealing the ACA, or adopting another system altogether. Considering the cost to Americans associated with the federal deficit, changing, repealing, or maintaining the current ACA does not address or “fix” the deficit. Repealing the current system, above all else, places many Americans without the health care they need and deserve as a basic right. One of the most appealing options is adopting the same universal coverage offered in Canada: a single payer system. The

Everyone gets sick, sometimes it’s as simple as a common cold, other times it’s something very serious like cancer. Treatments for any sickness can cost a lot, thankfully there is health care to help these people pay for the cost of medical bills. Many people do not have the luxury of proper healthcare. Around 38 million people do not have proper healthcare and another 44 million Americans do not have healthcare at all. Healthcare is a natural right for everyone as it states in the Declaration of Independence and the United Nations Universal Declaration. The government has the money to pay for universal healthcare for all U.S citizens, but they choose not to. Lastly other countries have free healthcare and America should too. Healthcare is a natural right for every human and the United States should follow other countries footsteps in having universal healthcare.

We are known as the wealthiest country in the world but we still have failed to give people

Many Americans are under the impression that the United States has the best health care system in the world. That may be true at many top medical centers but the disturbing truth is that this country, as a whole, lags well behind other advanced nations in delivering timely, effective, and affordable health care. This next presidential election might take the country in a new direction in terms of how our medical system is run. In fact “socialized medicine” has been mentioned numerous times in the current presidential debates. This is not the first time in American history that this issue has been brought up, in fact universal health care has encountered many social and political

Do you have health insurance? There are millions of people in the United States that would say no. The people that do not have health insurance are not just the homeless or unemployed, but they are the working class too. That means it could be you, your neighbor or even your co-worker that is uninsured. “Nearly 44 million Americans — about 15 percent of the U.S. population — have no health coverage, including 8.5 million children. And eight out of 10 uninsured Americans are in working families (Leydig)”. All citizens of the United States should have health care insurance, because multiple countries have universal healthcare, it will help detect life

The results revealed that, when it came to access to health care and ease of dealing with insurance problems, Americans had a poor experience compared to those of other countries. (Board 1) According to a poll created by The New York Times, about 37 percent of adults in America went the year without any form of recommended care due to costs. They did not see a doctor when sick and even failed to fill prescriptions. When we compare this with other countries (Britain: 4%, Sweden: 6%), then it becomes obvious that we need to change something about our system. (Board 1) “About 32 percent of consumers spent a lot of time on insurance paperwork or in disputes with their insurer over denials of payment for services they thought were covered.” (Board 1) The complexity of our insurance program can create problems such as this. With Universal health care, this problem would not exist, as everything necessary would already be covered by the government. Everyone in America should be entitled to health care, not just those who can afford it. Every person should be given access to treatment for their health issues, so that we can become a stronger, healthier nation. Health care should be free because the right to health should be something easily available to