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Universal Health Care System

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Health care is one of the most important systems in this world. With insurance you are most likely to receie health care and have a better health status. Uninsured people are less likely to receive medical care and more likely to have poor health status. When you dont have insurance you are most likely to pay a lot more money for health care but if you have insurance they are most likely to cover the whole payment or most of the bill. A universal health care system would bring costs down and increase access to care.

In 2005, 45 milion Americans lacked insurance which is over 15% of the population. America needs to get a universal healthcare system because health care is a right that people deserve but too few people have. The younger generations who are barely getting there first jobs, most of them dont have insurance which isnt good because not all jobs have insurance benefits included and people cant afford to get insurance, go to work, school and pay bills at there young age with their first job. Massachussetts has the 14th lowest unemployment rate in the country "Only government can force order into the jungle of profitable waste and crazy cross-subsidies -- most of it piled on the backs of taxpayers and employers. America can't be modern without a system of universal coverage that promotes wise use of health care resources"(Harrop,2012). Healthcare costs are rising faster than inflation, salary increases cant …show more content…

We can perhaps study the ways other countries have effectively implemented this system. For example, "Europe has a system in which all residents pay into a common fund that creates a pool of money and provides benefits to all". In order to go through with a universal system the United States needs to figure out a way to adopt this system that provides care to all citizens. 2 million people become uninsured every month because they cant afford

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