Liberalism was drawn from the age of enlightenment in which many religious restrictions were broken in order for meritocracy to strive which allowed individuals to strive on their own basis. The main party that stands for liberalism within Britain is the Liberal Democrat party which is lead by Nick Clegg however parties such as Labour and the Conservatives have strong relations with Liberalism which is evident through their leadership style and manifesto proposals. One of the most leading styles of modern liberalism that is displayed in British politics at current times is the development of the welfare state which provides people with education and healthcare but also provides benefits for those who are unable to work for various reasons. The welfare state was originally introduced in 1911 as a result of a range of reforms due to investigation in to the living conditions of ordinary British citizens. The national insurance act was enacted by David Lloyd George and the liberal party and it meant that contributions were made to assist those who were unemployed or unable to work.
Health insurance reform has been a subject of hot political debate since at least the early 20th century in the United States. The main focus of the argument has essentially boiled down to access to health care and who will pay for this access. The culmination of these long fought efforts has been President Obama's recently enacted Affordable Healthcare Act, which provides increased access to health care for women, young adults, and seniors especially. The provisions of the law now makes sure that insurers can no longer put a lifetime cap on how much care they will pay or cancel coverage when there is a mistake on paperwork. Starting in 2014, health insurers will be prohibited from charging more because the beneficiary is a woman.
The greatest issue that has dominated these two parties recently is healthcare. The Democrats follow a liberal ideology and therefore would be in favour of providing some form of universal healthcare; however, the Republicans disagree and favour a more conservative approach of people paying for their own private healthcare. Therefore, these two parties came to loggerheads in recent times when Obama brought in his Health Care Act more commonly known as Obamacare. Obamacare is a system which provides cheaper health insurance for a large number of people in the USA, it is seen by liberals as a positive approach and keeps more people out of poverty and in good health. Whereas, for Republicans this is federal government spending which should be reduced and that people should be self-sufficient and shouldn’t rely on the government.
Citizens that pay taxes right now are supporting the people that receive Medicare and Medicaid. Accepting the cost of the reform bill is better than allowing millions of Americans to continue to go without health insurance coverage. “With the cost and employment trends working against us, we need to recognize the failure of healthcare in America for the crisis that it is” (Witherbee). If there is a reasonable alternative for the United States to get out of health care debt, it would have happen years before the bill passed in
President Obama’s administration does not deny that this is a new tax, but the opposition implies that if it is a tax than it’s definitely bad. Just the other way around, the money that will be collected from this tax would go to a “special” fund. From this fund, subsidies would be granted to workers that lack health insurance. In a way the workers will be able to buy health insurance, hence the number of uninsured will decrease. (Condon, Stephanie 2009) In 2006, a similar health care reform was enacted in Massachusetts.
Some of the things that the Affordable Care Act of 2009 wanted to address were to make it possible for every American citizen to have insurance coverage; another problem they wanted the act to address was the help reduce the soaring cost of Medicaid. The public option was to be a government supported insurance program to compete with the private insurance companies to help keep down the cost for private insurance; the reason that the public option did not pass was because
Example—health care reform a. Although not exactly a division between democrats and republicans, (some cross party lines to vote) almost exclusively a democratic initiative. b. Since FDR in 1935 wanted to include some national health insurance in social security, Democrats have seemed to have a mission in this regard i. Republicans have had some interest, but often just to counter the attention paid by the Democrats ii. Earlier this year, this pet project of Obama, was taken on by the Speaker and the Majority leader.
The financing of the health care and long care for the low income society in the United States is an expense that has a joint venture with the federal government and the state the responsibility rest with both. However, the state has the majority of the financial responsibility and the administrative responsibility. The government has the responsibility of providing the funds and overseeing those funds to prevent fraud. There is a great deal of pressure on the budget of the low income health care reform. The reason to question the effectiveness of the fiscal integrity of the Obama care bill.
Dre Anderson Mr. Fallon Macroeconomics 11/2/12 Obama HealthCare Plan An ongoing problem in the United States of America today is health care. There has been many attempts to change healthcare plans and insurance so everyone can be covered and have healthcare available to them and their families. Obamas Healthcare plan is an attempt to make health care affordable for all Americans so that they have full coverage. Some believe that Obamas plan could possibly be efficient while some think it will not. Obama Healthcare expresses dramatic effects to people who already have health insurance, people who don’t have health insurance, those who can’t afford it, and older people who are on Medicare.
Essay #2 On the general controversy of health care, Peter Singer’s text “Why We Must Ration Health Care” and Michael Moore’s film Sicko both address common concerns of the average American. While these two texts support healthcare, Moore’s film focuses on the basic idea of free unlimited national healthcare while Singer’s text persuades his audience that rationing healthcare by establishing a limit is in everyone’s best interest. Although these two arguments contain both personal experiences and those of outside authorities, the effectiveness of Moore’s use of emotion is greatly decreased when compared to the immense use of statistics throughout Singer’s text. Generally speaking, in all effective arguments, statistics and reasoning are two of the most commonly used rhetorical strategies. Both Moore and Singer use these strategies to support their arguments however, to different extents.