Health Care Persuasive Speech

Thank you members of Congress for your time and consideration. I come today to speak on an issue very near and dear to me. As a preprofessional student at the University of Notre Dame, I aspire to work in the health care system and to provide medical services to those most in need. Here, in the US, one of the wealthiest countries in the world, there’s an issue in providing health care to our most vulnerable. As I see it, a silent and growing majority of our citizens can no longer afford insurance and/or see health care access fading away.

I find this to be unacceptable. Health care is a right not a privilege. In a growing world of uncertainty, one should have the reassurance of access to medical care and its affordability. I believe that health