Salerno 14th September‚ 2014 Universal Healthcare: Why We Need It Now As citizens of the United States of America‚ we enjoy many rights‚ freedoms and free services such as public education‚ public law enforcement and public safety services. We take pride in having a developed nation‚ however a basic human right is missing from the list: free public healthcare. Since the United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world‚ should we not expect medical care to be provided to its citizens
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have universal health care‚ but Americans are yet to conform with the rest of developed countries. In 1912‚ Norway was the first country to implement universal health care. They were the start of all the other great developed countries‚ helping their citizens by supplying universal health care. 54 years later‚ Canada joined the medical transformation. Other common names include universal health coverage‚ universal coverage‚ and universal care. The internet has defined universal health care as‚“A
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the 25 most wealthiest countries‚ the United States is the last country to provide universal health coverage (Right). The term universal health care refers to a medicare system which provides coverage and financial protection to all citizens‚ regardless of income‚ race‚ age‚ pre-existing conditions‚ gender or wealth. According to the National Coalition on Health Care‚ more than 45 million Americans don’t have health insurance (Organization). This lack of a medical safety net causes millions of families
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One of Canada’s biggest originalities as a country is its Universal HealthCare (HC). It has become rooted into our heritage and is what we are identified as by other nations. The reason we are so strongly passionate for our current system is because we are often comparing it to the United States for how different theirs is and the poorer results they have. What many regular citizens of Canada do not understand is that they are comparing their HC to the worst country on the common wealth fund
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According to one of the videos which had compared the United States health care system to that of other countries such as France and Canada‚ we are ranked a whopping 37th in the nation when it comes to our health care system. I think it would be fair to say that that sounds pretty accurate considering that there are 47 million people uninsured in the United States‚ but that is not something to be proud about. However‚ if you have money in the United States or are just simply insured‚ then there is
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or not Universal Health Care should be granted has been very controversial ever since the early 1800s. With Universal Health Care‚ all members of society would be given health care and it would be paid for by our general tax funds. On the other hand‚ Privatized Health Care allows only the insured members of society to receive it and the insurance is paid for by employers or individuals. Between the two‚ there are problems that arise if one is chosen over the other. Universal Health Care is recognized
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Universal health care is a health care system that provides health care and protection of all citizens to a particular country. I believe that this form of health care is unjust because it was formed so that Government could be more in charge and involved in the citizens lives and issues. Many people are protesting this health care due to how much Government involvement. Nobody should go without health care. Unexpected things always happen‚ and without insurance‚ you could be paying one hospital
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and provide the citizens with beneficial help is health care. I believe that universal healthcare is a given right as a society in a wealthy country like ours. It would improve the health of those that can’t afford regular health care as it would stop medical bankruptcies‚ it would also lessen the burden on companies to provide health care for their employees and with universal health anyone who isn’t insured will become insured. Universal health is a right to every person in the United States‚
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receive a universal health care‚ I was never against it nor was I for it; after watching this documentary it opened my eyes about my country and my fellow Americans who are desperate for health treatment. This documentary moved me merely because of the comparison of different nations. Country’s that provide universal health care gave stress-free to their citizens in regards to health problems. I’m disgusted by the politicians in the United States who are making impractical excuses to give the health industry
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Debates on America’s health care system‚ namely between politicians‚ have been going on for many years. The U.S. currently has a for-profit private health care system‚ aside from a few exceptions (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid). While some people are happy with the private system‚ there are others who would like to move to a universal health care system‚ where health care for all is publicly funded. America is the only major country without universal health care. Countries such as Japan‚ the United
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