Healthcare reform
The United States should have Universal Health Care
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The United States should have Universal Health Care
Virtually 50 million Americans are presently without any health insurance, and a great number of them with health insurance are struggling to pay for their medical bills. Everybody concurs that healthcare must be accessible to all citizens, but the debate on whether the United States should adopt a universal health system still rages. According to the Institute of Medicine (2002), the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee that its citizens have health care coverage. President Obama pledged to reform the country’s healthcare system by increasing health coverage and reducing expenses. Opponents of the universal healthcare law assert that the state should not compel people to acquire health insurance and that this system would reduce healthcare quality; although, its proponents argue that healthcare services should the right of every American. While the act may not be the suitable legislation for enhancing healthcare structure, the president has the appropriate idea.
Offering universal healthcare must be one of the government’s basic functions since this will provide cover almost 50 million people who lack healthcare cover. Even states that the UN does not regard developed, such as China, have taken forward steps towards universal care. The United States ranks with Mexico and Turkey as the being the only nations without a universal healthcare system as stated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (Salamin et al., 2011). In spite of the disconformities, the U.S spend a lot on healthcare—17.4% of the country’s GDP—compared to its counterparts that spend an average of only 10.6% as illustrated in the 2012 research conducted by the Commonwealth Fund (Salamin et al., 2011). And, whereas the country spends top dollar on health care, the real health of the people is
Comp II
The United States should have Universal Health Care
Virtually 50 million Americans are presently without any health insurance, and a great number of them with health insurance are struggling to pay for their medical bills. Everybody concurs that healthcare must be accessible to all citizens, but the debate on whether the United States should adopt a universal health system still rages. According to the Institute of Medicine (2002), the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee that its citizens have health care coverage. President Obama pledged to reform the country’s healthcare system by increasing health coverage and reducing expenses. Opponents of the universal healthcare law assert that the state should not compel people to acquire health insurance and that this system would reduce healthcare quality; although, its proponents argue that healthcare services should the right of every American. While the act may not be the suitable legislation for enhancing healthcare structure, the president has the appropriate idea.
Offering universal healthcare must be one of the government’s basic functions since this will provide cover almost 50 million people who lack healthcare cover. Even states that the UN does not regard developed, such as China, have taken forward steps towards universal care. The United States ranks with Mexico and Turkey as the being the only nations without a universal healthcare system as stated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (Salamin et al., 2011). In spite of the disconformities, the U.S spend a lot on healthcare—17.4% of the country’s GDP—compared to its counterparts that spend an average of only 10.6% as illustrated in the 2012 research conducted by the Commonwealth Fund (Salamin et al., 2011). And, whereas the country spends top dollar on health care, the real health of the people is
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