Free Medical Care

The most important reason people should not have a right to free medical care is because it destroys the core value of freedom by making most citizens have a stronger feeling of inequality, which already exists in the U.S., and limits people’s medical treatment options. First of all, offering free medical care can raise a feeling of unfairness among citizens. According to James Grant, a finance expert, indicated that the U.S federal government owes 13.9 trillion dollars; in addition, the U.S. is overpopulated with over 300 million people. With the huge amount of debt and overpopulation, the U.S. government must increase taxes to compensate for offering its citizens’ free healthcare. As a result, many citizens will suffer from financial differences,
That is, increasing more taxes will have an adverse impact on most citizens, especially middle-class citizens when they already pay the extremely high taxes. Undoubtedly, if free medical care is provided, the angry waves among most middle-class and upper-class taxpayers may force them to give up their citizenship and move to another country to seek for an equal community. Secondly, a free medical care system restricts people from having health insurance options which meet their personal value. For example, when free health insurance is accepted, people cannot demand a certain doctor and specialist; instead, the government will choose who gives the treatment and what kind of treatment people will receive. That is, when the government controls health insurance of all its citizens, the citizens will lose their freedom from selecting their preference of medical treatment. In brief, under a free medical care system, the absence of freedom will occur when people lack the ability to choose their medical