Universal Health Care: Health care coverage that is extended to all eligible residents of a governmental region and often covers medical, dental, and mental health care. These programs vary in their structure and funding mechanisms. Typically, most costs are met via single-payer health care system or national health insurance. Universal health care is implemented in most wealthy, industrialized countries, with the exception of the United States.
After reading the definition above, it seems like the United States' moral obligation to implement this new policy, right? Wrong! Health care is not a right to every American citizen. Many Americans have a strong sense of entitlement, which includes the myth of a "right" to health care. Rights are more often used for a restriction of government power, not the expansion of it.
Think about this for a moment: Everyone in America has health care already in a way. If one goes into the emergency room with a broken leg, the hospital cannot turn them away. By law they must treat them. After the treatment, if one states they have no way to pay for such treatment, the hospital simply writes it off. Which simply means the rise in health care costs for people who can afford the treatment. With "universal" or "socialized" health care: The bill simply goes from the insurance companies, to the tax payer.
Recently, President Obama asked congress for a down payment of over $600,ooo,ooo,ooo dollars for socialized health care. After the down payment, comes the yearly payments. America cannot afford the down payment; How is it going to pay for it every year? Again, this is generational theft. The only way to pay for this, is to raise taxes, or cut spending. Due to the spending, and proposed spending of the 111th Congress, it is safe to say a raise in taxes is inevitable.
For a moment, disregard the fact that this policy will tremendously increase the national debt, and put a huge burden on the American tax payer. Here are some other reasons, short and simple, why universal health care should not, and cannot be implemented:
-Government-mandated procedures will likely reduce doctor flexibility and lead to poor patient care.
-Universal health care would result in increased wait times, which could result in unnecessary deaths.
-Patients aren't likely to curb their drug costs and doctor visits if health care is free; thus, total costs will be several times what they are now.
-There isn't a single government agency or division that runs efficiently; do we really want an organization that developed the U.S. Tax Code handling something as complex as health care?
-Like social security, any government benefit eventually is taken as a "right" by the public, meaning that it's politically near impossible to remove or curtail it later on when costs get out of control.
With that being said, universal health care is not the answer. Though it would be disastrous to implement this policy, it would also be consequential to do nothing. The 45 million Americans who lack health care coverage should get incentives for buying some type of health insurance. If every American today had a way to pay for treatment, health care costs would drop dramatically. America should encourage capitalism by promoting free market stances, not promoting expansion of government. The sense of entitlement has grown too high in this country, and accepting universal health care will only increase it.
If you are concerned about this issue, please contact your congressman or congresswoman addressing your concerns.
After reading the definition above, it seems like the United States' moral obligation to implement this new policy, right? Wrong! Health care is not a right to every American citizen. Many Americans have a strong sense of entitlement, which includes the myth of a "right" to health care. Rights are more often used for a restriction of government power, not the expansion of it.
Think about this for a moment: Everyone in America has health care already in a way. If one goes into the emergency room with a broken leg, the hospital cannot turn them away. By law they must treat them. After the treatment, if one states they have no way to pay for such treatment, the hospital simply writes it off. Which simply means the rise in health care costs for people who can afford the treatment. With "universal" or "socialized" health care: The bill simply goes from the insurance companies, to the tax payer.
Recently, President Obama asked congress for a down payment of over $600,ooo,ooo,ooo dollars for socialized health care. After the down payment, comes the yearly payments. America cannot afford the down payment; How is it going to pay for it every year? Again, this is generational theft. The only way to pay for this, is to raise taxes, or cut spending. Due to the spending, and proposed spending of the 111th Congress, it is safe to say a raise in taxes is inevitable.
For a moment, disregard the fact that this policy will tremendously increase the national debt, and put a huge burden on the American tax payer. Here are some other reasons, short and simple, why universal health care should not, and cannot be implemented:
-Government-mandated procedures will likely reduce doctor flexibility and lead to poor patient care.
-Universal health care would result in increased wait times, which could result in unnecessary deaths.
-Patients aren't likely to curb their drug costs and doctor visits if health care is free; thus, total costs will be several times what they are now.
-There isn't a single government agency or division that runs efficiently; do we really want an organization that developed the U.S. Tax Code handling something as complex as health care?
-Like social security, any government benefit eventually is taken as a "right" by the public, meaning that it's politically near impossible to remove or curtail it later on when costs get out of control.
With that being said, universal health care is not the answer. Though it would be disastrous to implement this policy, it would also be consequential to do nothing. The 45 million Americans who lack health care coverage should get incentives for buying some type of health insurance. If every American today had a way to pay for treatment, health care costs would drop dramatically. America should encourage capitalism by promoting free market stances, not promoting expansion of government. The sense of entitlement has grown too high in this country, and accepting universal health care will only increase it.
If you are concerned about this issue, please contact your congressman or congresswoman addressing your concerns.
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