The Importance of Mandatory Health Care
Abstract
Why should Mandatory Health Care be a necessity? Mandatory health insurance is important to improve the well being and the health of our citizens. Study show that the United States health system are well below other countries when comparing life expectancies of our citizens to those of China, Europe and even Canada with our health system. There are many aspects that play a roll in improving our health system, but the three major factors are preventive care, accessibility and health care reform. Studies show that preventive medicine can decrease cost and have a better treatment outcome. Better access presumably improves health outcomes. Each community should have some form of health clinic that patients can go for care. Health care reform is greatly needed in America in order to be up to standard with the other countries that are leading the world in health care and life expectancy. With mandatory health insurance all citizens will be able to have access to a doctor without an excuse before a minor problem becomes a major or long term expense.
Preventive Care
One major factor in having mandatory health insurance is allowing the patients to have access to preventive care. The first element in Hillary Clinton's plan was to "focus on prevention: wellness not sickness." John Edwards has stated that "study after study shows that primary and preventive care greatly reduces future health care costs, as well as increasing patients' health.” Mike Huckabee has said that a focus on prevention "would save countless lives, pain and suffering by the victims of chronic conditions, and billions of dollars." Barack Obama has argued that "too little is spent on prevention and public health."(New England Journal of Medicine. 2008) Indeed, some evidence does suggest that there are opportunities to save money and improve health through prevention. Preventable causes of death, such as tobacco smoking, poor diet and physical inactivity, and misuse of alcohol have been
Why should Mandatory Health Care be a necessity? Mandatory health insurance is important to improve the well being and the health of our citizens. Study show that the United States health system are well below other countries when comparing life expectancies of our citizens to those of China, Europe and even Canada with our health system. There are many aspects that play a roll in improving our health system, but the three major factors are preventive care, accessibility and health care reform. Studies show that preventive medicine can decrease cost and have a better treatment outcome. Better access presumably improves health outcomes. Each community should have some form of health clinic that patients can go for care. Health care reform is greatly needed in America in order to be up to standard with the other countries that are leading the world in health care and life expectancy. With mandatory health insurance all citizens will be able to have access to a doctor without an excuse before a minor problem becomes a major or long term expense.
Preventive Care
One major factor in having mandatory health insurance is allowing the patients to have access to preventive care. The first element in Hillary Clinton's plan was to "focus on prevention: wellness not sickness." John Edwards has stated that "study after study shows that primary and preventive care greatly reduces future health care costs, as well as increasing patients' health.” Mike Huckabee has said that a focus on prevention "would save countless lives, pain and suffering by the victims of chronic conditions, and billions of dollars." Barack Obama has argued that "too little is spent on prevention and public health."(New England Journal of Medicine. 2008) Indeed, some evidence does suggest that there are opportunities to save money and improve health through prevention. Preventable causes of death, such as tobacco smoking, poor diet and physical inactivity, and misuse of alcohol have been