Pros And Cons Of Universal Healthcare

Universal Health Care is an ever growing topic in The United States. Based on the idea that everyone has not only the right to healthcare but the right for it to be free. Multiple Pros and Cons have been examined as the biggest outcomes for Health Care. Based on almost 30 countries who have Universal Health Care, the United States has a long road ahead before they can implement the best Universal Health Care. If the U.S. adopted a Universal Health plan, all Americans would be covered by public health insurance, regardless of income, age, or employment status.

About 30 countries globally provide free Universal Health Care to their citizens. The two most advanced economies with the most economically free health care systems are Switzerland and Singapore. These countries have achieved universal health insurance while spending a fraction of what the U.S. spends. Switzerland’s public spending on health care is about half of America’s, and Singapore’s is about a fifth of ours. If we had either of those systems, we wouldn’t have a federal budget deficit. The reason why U.S. government health care is so big already, without achieving
Uninsured people receive less medical care and less timely care, they have worse health outcomes, and lack of insurance is a fiscal burden for them and their families. A single universal system would give everyone the same access to quality health care regardless of health, wealth, age or employment. It would allow patients to choose their physicians, rather than having insurance companies choose for them. However, this type of health care system often results in long wait times for patients and not everyone may receive the type of care that they need. Since this type of system is run by the government there can be a lot bureaucracy that can result in poor care especially if the country is already poor and doesn’t have a lot of revenues to spend on the care of its