Should The United States Of America Should Adopt A System Of Universal Healthcare?
I believe that the United States of America should adopt a system of Universal Healthcare and based on the Frontline program I believe that the Switzerland health care model would be the most palatable to Americans. I say this because Switzerland’s old system was most like the system we have now in the US with passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Switzerland had an uninsured rate of 5% before their referendum and here in the US, according to the obamacarefacts.com the US’s uninsured rate is 9.2% for the first quarter of 2015. (Obamacare Facts. (2015, August 13). Retrieved September 15, 2015, from http://obamacarefacts.com/?s=uninsured')
The Swiss system was adopted by referendum, and it kept the insurance company model. However it …show more content…
In “Sicko,” about which aspect of the American healthcare system does Moore make the most compelling argument for change? What specific policy changes (including funding structure) would have to be enacted in order to effect such change?
In the movie Sicko, Michael Moore makes the most compelling argument for pre-existing conditions and the health insurance companies cherry-picking young, healthy individuals to be their insured customers and excluding people who actually need insurance and are sick. Fortunately this issue was corrected with the passage of ACA and now pre-existing conditions are no longer a reason for exclusion. The next hurdle to fix is insurance companies should not be able to make a profit. That will require more than the current set of legislators, and congressmen because they are all beholden to the insurance companies and the banks and until Americans can pass some kind of campaign finance reform I believe the issue will be dead on arrival.
3. Compare specific life expectancy and infant mortality rates between the United States and one of the countries discussed in these films (you’ll have to look this up). What policy decisions in the two countries might account for the differences?
Life
The Swiss system was adopted by referendum, and it kept the insurance company model. However it …show more content…
In “Sicko,” about which aspect of the American healthcare system does Moore make the most compelling argument for change? What specific policy changes (including funding structure) would have to be enacted in order to effect such change?
In the movie Sicko, Michael Moore makes the most compelling argument for pre-existing conditions and the health insurance companies cherry-picking young, healthy individuals to be their insured customers and excluding people who actually need insurance and are sick. Fortunately this issue was corrected with the passage of ACA and now pre-existing conditions are no longer a reason for exclusion. The next hurdle to fix is insurance companies should not be able to make a profit. That will require more than the current set of legislators, and congressmen because they are all beholden to the insurance companies and the banks and until Americans can pass some kind of campaign finance reform I believe the issue will be dead on arrival.
3. Compare specific life expectancy and infant mortality rates between the United States and one of the countries discussed in these films (you’ll have to look this up). What policy decisions in the two countries might account for the differences?
Life