The ACA transforms the non-group insurance market in the United States, mandates that most residents have health insurance, significantly expands public insurance and subsidizes private insurance coverage, raises revenues from a variety of new taxes, and reduces and reorganizes spending under the nation’s largest health insurance plan, Medicare. Projecting the impacts of such fundamental reform to the health care system is fraught with difficulty. But such projections were required for
Thirdly there would be a greater demand for doctors creating more jobs. A con to universal health care is that there is less competition because all the medical staff are paid a government salary. This is invalid though because the doctors will always be doing their jobs. Another con is raised taxes. This is also invalid because it is better to pay taxes rather than over priced medical bills.
Moreover, Obama is looking to increase taxes on affluent Americans to fund a “$634 billion health care ‘reserve fund’ aimed at reforming the system” according to Ed Henry in his article Obama Seeks Tax Hike, higher Medicare Payments. Considering the government would see itself as providing healthcare for every American citizen, even supposing it is American taxpayers that are footing this bill; this will give the government a great argument for taxing many other goods that Americans buy. Cigarettes, fast food, and excess coffee consumption will be deemed as uncertain behavior and therefore will be taxed much more heavily. Also, the question needs to be raised as to what else is risky behavior. Kayaking, bicycle riding, and motorcycles can all be argued to be dangerous.
As a U.S citizen and tax payer, I believe the government should worry more about the welfare of our people and the way they live. Instead, it seems the only thing they are concerned about is, health care is costing them too much money, taxes need to be higher, and they want to dump more money into the war on terrorism, yet they still think they deserve a pay raise. The United States Military is a very respectable and honorable organization, that puts their lives on the line every day, and sacrifices the most beloved things in their life. Congress needs to save a little money, so why not stop paying our soldiers while they are fighting a war? Two weeks later, congress gets a raise, because they feel their jobs are more important than anyone else in this country.
Economic advantages of the UK Healthcare system The main advantage of the NHS to the citizens of the UK is that it provides free healthcare to every member of the public. This ensures equality and means that even the poorest of families – the ones who otherwise would not be able to afford healthcare – can still be treated free of charge. The cost free nature of this system however means that all employees, resources and assets that the NHS provide must be paid for by the government, which means in turn it comes out of the taxes that every employed member of the UK must pay. Economically, this leaves the UK with a deficit of over £7bn per year, meaning it is a huge financial burden to the UK. However, the free health care is a massive benefit to society.
This could lead America to use fear and violence to “motivate” the American people. Simple things, such as buying a car or buying other foreign products would become a much more costly endeavor. The reason for this is that Communism has trouble spreading throughout the global economy, leading to increased prices on imports. The free healthcare also sounds like a great idea, but it has its disadvantages. The quality of the healthcare would be drastically lower than in a Capitalist country, as we can observe in modern day Cuba.
The ambulance, emergency room, operation and after care cost $2714.00 USD. That was the actual cost of his care. The US needs each citizen to know that when they are ill they can receive treatment with dignity. The cost for uninsured is high and the cost for insurance may be higher, but not likely, but the price of a citizenry without access to healthcare is too high a price to
The current health care system in the United States is a structure that is intertwined with both a private and public sector. The system that is set up in the United States is the most expensive health care system in the world (Institute of Medicine, 2010). In the United States people spend more money on medical care than anywhere in the world. In addition, people are more concerned with the rising costs of health care than collective access for the American people (Shi and Singh, 2008). I think that this is the time for the government to step in and make some changes in the health care system.
When signed into law on March 10, 2010, the Obama-approved Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act “ ...increased health care coverage to include 32 million previously uninsured Americans, [and] under the new law, 95% of Americans will be insured" (ProCon.org, 2009). The goal of this health insurance plan is to provide affordable health care to all. The closest the government has come previously is with Medicaid and Medicare programs which grant the elderly and the poor a guaranteed minimum of health services (Carmalt & Zaidi, 2004). Meanwhile, with the current system, policy makers, politicians and insurance companies are reaping the rewards from how the current health care system is run. According to Senator Sanders (2010), 30% of each health care dollar private insurance companies spend is on “...administration and billing, exorbitant CEO compensation packages, advertising, lobbying and campaign contributions”.
Certainly not, if you believe that payment should be related to a person's value to society. The skilled nurse probably saves more lives than either the doctor or the surgeon who, in most countries, are paid infinitely more. In the UK the State Registered Nurse is paid more than the State Enrolled Nurse, because he or she has higher qualifications. Yet, even the highest qualified nurse today cannot afford to service a mortgage on a house. Their union deplores industrial action by the profession, but nevertheless it has meant strikes in the UK to force a reluctant government into financing better incomes in the National Health Service, and in the view of many these incomes remain inadequate.