Should the U.S. Government Require All Americans to Have Health Insurance?

Politics and policy have had an unceasing notion played on by politicians throughout American history for each political party. In this current presidential election, with the new president elect Donald Trump, controversy over universal health care has become a heated debate once more. Since the time of Harry Truman in 1948 when the concept of universal health care was first introduced to the more conservative American public, Democrats and Republicans have fought over the expansion of health care policy regulations within the United States (Blumenthal, D., Morone, J., 2016). Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, while Democrats have the polar perspective of building and expanding the Act (Strassel,

Imagine having terrible throat pains, having a burning headache, and moving anything somewhat hurts. Going to the hospital as an american in America would be a good idea, but going will hurt in more ways than physical. Today visiting the hospital for strep throat can cost up to $531.00. An important topic discussed in America is “Should americans have free healthcare?” In America americans do not have free health care. All over the world health care is a service that can help pay for most things medical, like medicines, doctor visits, and medical procedures. Most evolved countries have this today, like the United Kingdom, but countries like the U.S do not. This means that most americans need to pay the full price for those things. That is

U.S. health care reform is currently one of the most heavily discussed topics in health discourse and politics. After former President Clinton’s failed attempt at health care reform in the mid-1990s, the Bush administration showed no serious efforts at achieving universal health coverage for the millions of uninsured Americans. With Barack Obama as the current U.S. President, health care reform is once again a top priority. President Obama has made a promise to “provide affordable, comprehensive, and portable health coverage for all Americans…” by the end of his first term (Barackobama.com). The heated debate between the two major political parties over health care reform revolves around how to pay for it and more importantly, whether it

All people in America should have a right to health-care benefits and services considering health care is at the center of the national agenda. Mandatory health care insurance is a system that pays the cost of health care for those who are enrolled and in which enrollment is required for all members of a population. Insurance works by people pooling together their risks of incurring expenses, not knowing whether they will file claims but choosing to insure for the emotional and financial security coverage provides. In health insurance, the norm in America has been that guaranteed issue leads people to wait to purchase a policy until they

I also agree that people should not be forced to purchase health insurance. I think everyone should have the option to purchase it if they choose. However, a lot of people can’t afford to purchase it and shouldn’t be forced to if they don’t want it or can’t afford to do so. For my family personally, Obamacare isn’t worth it because for what we can afford, there is barely any coverage. With the choice to either purchase insurance or get fined, we obviously chose a very cheap insurance. If we had the choice, we would have taken the option to not purchase any insurance at all for the time being.

You are working at your small business when you hear a knock on your office’s door, it is your boss… he comes in; he starts talking about how you were a service to his business; after a long period of talk, he fires you. You are now on the way home thinking that this day cannot get worse but then you look at your taxes and they have increased. Then you open the TV and you are watching the news “Obama care will increase taxes for people making more than $250,000 a year as well as force businesses with 50 employees or more to provide health for the workers or pay a fine”. You then read it on your cell phone and you know what ACA (Affordable Health Care

While many political issues are controversial and emotional for voters in America, few issues have created an outcry in recent years like the debate over health care reform. The arguments for and against such a comprehensive overhaul of the United States health care system are numerous and wide-ranging, as demonstrated by the scores of showings of support and protest against it. While it seems unlikely that few in the country could understand all of the ramifications of such a large bill, virtually everyone could find something they liked or did not like in the bill. Indeed, the one unifying aspect of all of the debate over the reform was the fact that everyone acknowledged that reform was needed, but as to what that alteration should

Long waits at the hospital, insufferable pain, and cancelled surgeries--these are just a few of the regular occurrences for Americans seeking orthopedic medical attention but are uninsured or under-insured. Imagine a woman needing a hip replacement, sitting in the hospital’s waiting room for surgery, when a nurse comes in to inform her that her surgery is cancelled mere hours before its set time. These are the injustices many in Chicago must face because health care providers won’t provide enough coverage or, most often, people simply can’t afford health insurance. While many Americans say the government should pay for free healthcare for everyone, one man is stepping up and actually trying to make a difference in the lives of his

Scientific evidence can be used in showing the positives of the Health Care Reform. If you lost your job next week your insurance would likely go with it.  Excluding temporary programs like COBRA, losing your job basically means losing your health insurance too.  Sure you can buy your own, but that can get expensive and there are often holes in the policy than with employer provided health insurance.  Under a universal system, you don’t have to worry.  Imagine you had to pay each month for access to use the police.  If you lost your job and couldn’t afford the police bill and

A public debate on health care reform has been ongoing since the 1980's, when the conservative heritage foundation introduced the debate by suggesting a shift in health care policy from single payer health care to individual mandates. The debate was amplified by President Clinton through the health care reform bill of 1993. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 can be seen as the pinnacle of this debate. This legislation aims to improve overall health by expanding health insurance coverage and controlling the cost of health care.

The American lawyer Elizabeth Edwards once said, “Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.” There has been debate for years over health insurance. Who should get it? How much should it be to be deemed affordable? Who gets to decide what is fair and what is not? The health care reform has been going on for decades and will continue to go on for decades because of the vast spectrum of issues it has. Everyone wants healthcare insurance that is affordable, but also gives them the most healthcare possible. It is hard to make everyone happy, but health insurance companies try to do what they can.

A new health care plan has recently unveiled in the House of Representatives, as it shifts more responsibility for finding affordable coverage to individuals, and away from the government. The proposed plan is unlikely to become law, as it immediately received criticism from all sides of the political spectrum, and it could change or fail as it makes its way through Congress. Neither the government’s current plan nor the plan offered by the Republicans seem capable of addressing the larger problem, the rising cost of health care that is translating into higher insurance rates. This draft offers the first look at how the Republicans want to change the government’s role in delivering health care. “This is just a first step in what is likely

Do you believe you believe healthcare should be for everyone? Well I do, I believe everyone is entitled to the right to have healthcare because the decoration of independence states that all men are equal and should have equal rights. Giving the right to the people to have health care no matter their circumstances we would be able to lower the cost of healthcare in the United States overall. But do not get me wrong my overall goal to discuss is not just about the cost of healthcare it’s about how it can help people‘s lives and keep America healthy. The right to healthcare is a national right that it officially recognized by the United States.

Should the U.S. government provide free health care for all citizens? Free health care for all citizens, is a very controversial topic that has been debated for years. This debate concerns many pros and cons, such as “CNN reporting that 45,000 Americans are dying per year because they do not have access to health care because of costs.” According to research and statistics, majority of the people say that they agree with having free health care. Most people agreed because they believe it is the government’s job to help the ones that are in need. This paper will discuss why free health care is needed, what problems are caused by not providing free healthcare for all citizens, and the solutions that will benefit everyone.

46 million or 15.4 percent of citizens in America are without any sort of medical insurance (speak out-now). Additionally, in 2007 22 million people were burdened with high medical expenses relative to their annual income (Daschle 2009, 173). With such a large amount of Americans without coverage and a secondary group of people who have health insurance, but are being crippled by the costs of the insurance they already have. Due to this financial stress being put on the voters of America, healthcare reform became the hot button issue of the 2008 presidential election and the paramount achievement of President Obama’s term in office.