The Importance Of Healthcare In The United States

Healthcare is a luxury that many Americans have the privilege of having. The help of technology is one of the main reasons the US provides top quality healthcare. Many people in the country are split between what is the best way to give affordable healthcare to the most people. For me personally, I believe that healthcare is a not a right. Healthcare is a perk of living in the greatest country in the world. Everyone should have the availability of healthcare, but that doesn’t mean that it should be equal. If people are willing to spend more money for better quality, then they should have the ability to chose which doctor they want to see.

The belief that healthcare is a right for every citizen in the US, is a popular idea that many people who associate with the democratic party or green party agree with. In 2008 when Barack Obama took office, he promised every US citizen that they would receive healthcare. Some pros that would come about when having a single payer system is it could drop the cost of healthcare for everybody. Many people believe that having a single payer plan helped save the US up to $500 Billion in just 2014 alone. When looking at the expenses of private health care compared to
I do believe that healthcare should be much cheaper and more affordable. The system in the US is not perfect, but it is still very good. Countries that have universal health care usually have to wait almost two months for a specialist, compared to the US where the average wait is 18 days. The only way to pay for universal healthcare is through increasing taxes. Many countries in Europe have universal health care, and many of these countries have tax rates that reach almost 50%. Although I don’t think that healthcare is a right, I do understand that some situations are different. Emergency situations do occur, and I don't think that people should be turned down because they don’t have