Summary: The Ideal Universal Healthcare System
The Ideal “Universal” Healthcare System: Oh’ Hunter Care
To build an ideal healthcare system is said to be near impossible, it would cost too much money, but is that it? Is money the only thing that could help to create the perfect system? In the fiscal year of 2013 the United States government spent 17.1 percent of the GDP on Healthcare, and that number has stayed stagnant in recent years. As both recent and past trends have shown a rise in spending to keep up with the populace and the growing costs of the technology, research, and treatments. The answer is not more money or a higher price tag, nor is the answer is not to continue to increase a budget that is already larger than many others in the world, as the system should be focused on
quality over quantity. In a comparison with 13 other countries conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, the countries were compared for their healthcare systems. One large discover from this entire study was the fact that the United States was spending “almost 50 percent more than the next-highest spender (France, 11.6% of GDP) and almost double what was spent in the U.K. (8.8%).” (U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2015) Out of this list the United States is the only country to not have a Universal Healthcare system, and yet still spends such a large amount.
A Universal Healthcare system is a structure that is funded publicly and has no exclusions to the general population, and purges the competitive market of private health insurance. To fund this system and increase in taxes would be in order, this would anger those who believe taxes are already high enough and with the added cost of healthcare would push it over the edge. In reality the taxes are raised so that it takes away the co-pays for patients and they have the added benefit of choosing their own provider. The government would have less overall expense to the GDP and with the lower administrative costs the government would spend a much lower percentage on healthcare overall.
To build an ideal healthcare system is said to be near impossible, it would cost too much money, but is that it? Is money the only thing that could help to create the perfect system? In the fiscal year of 2013 the United States government spent 17.1 percent of the GDP on Healthcare, and that number has stayed stagnant in recent years. As both recent and past trends have shown a rise in spending to keep up with the populace and the growing costs of the technology, research, and treatments. The answer is not more money or a higher price tag, nor is the answer is not to continue to increase a budget that is already larger than many others in the world, as the system should be focused on
quality over quantity. In a comparison with 13 other countries conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, the countries were compared for their healthcare systems. One large discover from this entire study was the fact that the United States was spending “almost 50 percent more than the next-highest spender (France, 11.6% of GDP) and almost double what was spent in the U.K. (8.8%).” (U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2015) Out of this list the United States is the only country to not have a Universal Healthcare system, and yet still spends such a large amount.
A Universal Healthcare system is a structure that is funded publicly and has no exclusions to the general population, and purges the competitive market of private health insurance. To fund this system and increase in taxes would be in order, this would anger those who believe taxes are already high enough and with the added cost of healthcare would push it over the edge. In reality the taxes are raised so that it takes away the co-pays for patients and they have the added benefit of choosing their own provider. The government would have less overall expense to the GDP and with the lower administrative costs the government would spend a much lower percentage on healthcare overall.