One of the issues that I’ll focus on is healthcare. Romney believes that healthcare is more than just 1/6 of the American economy. He believes that it’s a source of well-being for individuals and families, and he thinks that there are many good things in American healthcare, but with Obamacare things have taken the wrong direction with its high taxes and extended federal control. Romney believes that it’s better to let the states determine their own healthcare systems. Newt Gingrich is, like Mitt Rom-ney, not satisfied with Obamac-are.
America has their reservations that a universal health may not work because of its lack of choices and freedoms. There are pros and cons to having a universal health care system. For one, a universal health care offers free health services to people that cannot afford health care the services they need. The cons, is that a universal health care system often results in long wait times for patients and not everyone may receive the type of care that they need. The rising cost of health care has cause the government to step in and control regulations and spending; thus creating a health care reform system.
A third con is the inedible fact that some people may attempt to abuse the system. Lastly, universal health care almost always has many rules and regulations, and also eliminates the free market for health care where prices may actually be lower. In conclusion, I personally feel that universal health care would be inefficient due to the amount of people that always try to abuse the system and misuse government programs. Also, it would indefinitely increase the taxes, as the system would need funds to survive. Lastly, it is in my own opinion that governments are not able to successfully run such programs, without problems
This is also invalid because it is better to pay taxes rather than over priced medical bills. The last con is that people will have a longer wait time. That is also invalid because the more people that visit the more of a demand there will be for Doctors. A universal health care system would extend care to all Americans regardless of social status or bank account. Health care has become extremely unaffordable for both businesses and individuals.
The waters become murky, however, when one takes into account the amount of resources allocated to providing some services or procedures to certain patients. In Plato’s argument, he asserts that essentially, healthcare should be served in a manner that reflects the interests of the greater good. At what point does the greater good become more important than an individual though? Dr. Craig Wax asserts that in Plato’s society “physicians responded to the needs of the state by devoting resources to the workers, in the process ignoring the elderly, very young, critically ill, and those who were considered genetically inferior. Such practices can lead to vile immorality and atrocities.” By all accounts, empathy is one of the most important qualities in a humane society.
They believe that the lack of preventative care, and the resulting poorer health, places an even higher burden on the taxpayer then universal coverage would. The booklet Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations (2004), by the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, is an informative source for information on this timely and relevant topic. Based on this group of reports it is clear that health care coverage should be universal. The size of the uninsured population in many areas has led to the erosion of vital services like physicians practices, public health services, and emergency centers, because significant funds had to be redirected to the care of the uninsured. The nation’s economy has been affected, because of poorer health, with a 65 to 130 billion estimated annual cost.
But at the same time if a Canadian has the civic right to have access to healthcare, it still would beat our current system. In our current healthcare system health is like a privilege, the ones who have access to money are able to enjoy this privilege. The people who has no access to health care has to wait and ignore small health issues until they turn to be a debilitating health issue for them. At the same time if a national healthcare is in place and everyone has the right to have access to it, it would not only diminish the chronic health problems which is the dire lack of access to healthcare, but also leads to less visits to physician
The American Economy Stance Paper #3 Universal Healthcare The United States proudly proclaims itself as a free-market society without a managed economy. This proclamation can be put into question when government officials are calling for healthcare to be managed as a socialist program. There are inherent flaws in attempting to provide every citizen in the United States with free healthcare. Firstly, it would cause the American people’s already high taxes to skyrocket all the more; it would contribute to the degradation of quality within our healthcare system, and it would create extremely long waiting lists for any patient that might need urgent care. First and foremost, creating a system in which healthcare is “free” is incredibly misleading.
D. Crawford Alicia K. Hatcher Eng 112 March 18,2013 Private healthcare insurance for all, or universal free health care? Although health care is a universal need, unfortunately not all citizens are able to afford it. Not to mention government has proved that it's difficult to balance the healthcare budget; and the costs of medical healthcare is steadily increasing. Should we as Americans be totally responsible for our own health costs and eliminate private insurance? Or should we have an encompassing healthcare system which provides free service for all?
Obama Care is all about fixing some of the flaws we have in our health care system, and making health care affordable for the public. Although we are the richest country in the world no many of us could afford necessary operations such as covering hospital bills for intensive care surgeries for ill babies, or bypass surgeries for coronary patients (Lawrence R. Wu, 001). If the plan goes into effect there will be decisions made by many to seek preventative care; that before it didn’t have health insurance and wouldn’t take the chance of being turned away or racking up medical expenses. Although having this plan would restrict some of the criteria insurance companies use in deciding whether or not to provide coverage for an individual or not in the end I