Should America Be Mandatory?

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

The question of Universal Healthcare in the United States has valid and non valid arguments with supporters on both sides of the issue. Millions of Americans do not have affordable health care insurance. The main question is who is responsible to provide this? Is it feasible for government to pay for the lack of health care by taxpayer’s dollars? Should you be responsible for yourselves or should you be compensated by the government?       Unemployment is at record high making health insurance less attainable or affordable than ever. In most cases, additional restrictions or

The question that has been brought to the table is should the U.S. Government require all American to have health insurance. Yes indeed the US government should require all Americans to have health insurance, however if they are going to require all Americans to have health insurance, they need to provide a financial reasonable options for American to purchase. The way the health care system has worked in the past, it would be very difficult to mandate all Americans purchase heath care without offering plans that they can afford. A major question that comes up in regards to health care is who pays the bill when Americans who are not insured require health care.

I strongly believe that all American citizens should be entitled free healthcare. This is due to that fact that this can play a big role of ensuring that there is an improved access to health services. In addition, ensuring that all American citizens have an access to the right health care will also decrease health care costs. For instance, by allowing people to receive regular and preventive medical care and not wait until they are persistently ill to request treatment when medical costs are much higher (Niles, 2011). In relation to this free health care will promote equal chance by decreasing the number of people who are economically deprived in society (Niles, 2011). This can be because of bad health and other medically-related financial problems.

Medical costs are getting too expensive. Ever fought with your insurance providers because they refused to pay for care, or struggle to find an “in-network” provider? I know a woman whose name I will change for her privacy and the struggles she is going through are a perfect example of an issue many people face when dealing with insurance; Nancy’s (name changed for privacy) story is a perfect example of how our healthcare system is no longer working for the people. Nancy is this woman whose husband recently passed away. Nancy used to work for county and county workers cannot receive social security; and Nancy is too

The subject of insurance and how heavily the government can mandate it or not mandate it is a constant struggle in politics. There is always the question of “what kind of relationship should the government have with its people and what role should it play with businesses?” Currently, a popular subject is the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and it is challenging the boundaries by requiring people to have health insurance and requiring businesses to offer health insurance to everyone and anyone. Mandating insurance is a hot button subject in other areas too that we will discuss like auto insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and professional malpractice insurance.

The argument that every American citizen should have a guaranteed healthcare cover takes two dimensions (Grover, 2007). Is it that all citizens should have access to the same level of healthcare? Or should they have a right to some minimum healthcare cover? The U.S government has selected the second option in relation to the policies it creates directed to healthcare. There are quite a number of policies that have been put in place to realize this goal since there is no single healthcare policy that can cater

The healthcare of the citizens by the government should not be left out. “So, we've seen that government can play a very effective role in creating a structure in which both private insurance and public insurance can be expanded to a larger population of people”(Lindsey Dunn 2013)

This is another problem the United States faces by not having Universal healthcare. Formosa Post stated, “ It should be considered a basic human right, in which the nation ensures that every person is covered by equal healthcare, regardless of age, gender, or income.” When insurance companies determine what health care is covered, that can be very limiting to people who need the care or could die. Having Universal healthcare, the government would pay for the services, which would prevent medical bankruptcies, because the people are not paying. Procon.org states, “ About 62% of all US bankruptcies were related to medical expenses in 2007, and 78% of these were filed by people who already had medical insurance.” This is a huge problem that the government needs to

“In 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance and decrease the cost of health care” (Supreme Court Opinion, 1). In America, it is a basic necessity to possess health care, logically, Congress would like to make such a necessity more accessible to Americans. Due to a divided government, there are variant views on whether this is necessary and just. Health care benefits all Americans; it is just a matter of if the policy of a required national health care is beneficial.

For this reason, the U.S government should provide affordable health insurance to all its citizens because affordable health care will ensure that no one has to find out when they get sick that a necessary treatment has been excluded from their coverage or they cannot have necessary treatments. Every person should be able to purchase insurance plans that cover the benefits that they need and deserve as a human

According to the RAND report, 16 percent of the United States population were suffering from being without a universal health care plan like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The RAND Corporation Health Coverage also stated that most of the population that were suffering from being without a universal health care plan consists of people who are relatively poor and almost one third of them are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four. What we need as a nation is a coverage for all under one large plan. A universal health care system like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would surely address this problem.

Being that health insurance is a need not a want, should be another major reason the Government should want to help pay for healthcare insurance. Imagine living in a world filled with people who are sick and always

been increasing interest in Congress and significant sectors of the insurance industry to establish some form of federal insurance regulation” (Grace, & Klein, 2009). There are many different arguments for those opposed and those in favor of federal regulation.

Health being the first concern of every human being, there are countless reasons that health insurance should indeed be mandatory. If people aren't healthy they won't be able to do simple tasks or some people might skip out on working days which will result in a decrease in their income. People must have an idea that they might confront with any kind of uncertainty in their lives e.g. accidents or chronic illness. To secure them against any mishap there is no better alternate than health insurance. There are many single mothers out there and their children depend on them for almost everything. It will help the people who are financially struggling. The government would have to intervene into this as different people have different income. According to Karen Davenport who is director at center for American Progress says Insurance economic reforms are essential to facilitate lower income group people since many people who are no longer on their jobs due to factory or plant closures or layoffs (Davenport). Those with low income won't be able to afford the insurance but if it's made mandatory the government would have to step in. To make an equal balance with people with high and low income groups the government would have to make adequate coverage affordable to all income