Universal Healthcare
Universal healthcare is a hot topic in America. According to a Gallup poll in 2015, roughly 50% of Americans agree with universal healthcare, while the other 50% disagrees with it. Generally, the pro side (the half that agrees) are lower middle class or unemployed with lower incomes, whereas the con side (other half that is against) are majority upper class with higher annual incomes. The pro side, like myself, would tend to argue that universal healthcare would help the poor or even improve the health of Americans, where the con side, would argue universal healthcare would increase taxes people would have to pay.
PROS OF UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
The main goal of the universal healthcare was to provide everyone in the United States with basic health insurance despite the fact that they may not be able to afford it. According to the National Coalition on Health Care 2014 annual report, over 45 million people did not have health insurance before The Affordable Care Act (Mcgue, 2015). With universal healthcare, those people …show more content…
There are two big cons associated with universal healthcare. A big argument against is the increase of taxes. It is and will not be cheap to provide everyone in the United States with health insurance. Leading us to the first con. Typically the higher class incomes or those with higher incomes, argue that their money is going to other people’s healthcare instead of going towards their own (Formosa Post, 2013). One might also argue that people with good health and those who take pretty good care of themselves are paying for people who don’t generally take good care of themselves. The second con is that the quality of care is going to decrease due to longer wait times. With more people going to the doctor’s office the quicker the doctor has to go through each patience, causing some patients to either be mistreated or go undiagnosed (Formosa Post,
Universal healthcare is a hot topic in America. According to a Gallup poll in 2015, roughly 50% of Americans agree with universal healthcare, while the other 50% disagrees with it. Generally, the pro side (the half that agrees) are lower middle class or unemployed with lower incomes, whereas the con side (other half that is against) are majority upper class with higher annual incomes. The pro side, like myself, would tend to argue that universal healthcare would help the poor or even improve the health of Americans, where the con side, would argue universal healthcare would increase taxes people would have to pay.
PROS OF UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
The main goal of the universal healthcare was to provide everyone in the United States with basic health insurance despite the fact that they may not be able to afford it. According to the National Coalition on Health Care 2014 annual report, over 45 million people did not have health insurance before The Affordable Care Act (Mcgue, 2015). With universal healthcare, those people …show more content…
There are two big cons associated with universal healthcare. A big argument against is the increase of taxes. It is and will not be cheap to provide everyone in the United States with health insurance. Leading us to the first con. Typically the higher class incomes or those with higher incomes, argue that their money is going to other people’s healthcare instead of going towards their own (Formosa Post, 2013). One might also argue that people with good health and those who take pretty good care of themselves are paying for people who don’t generally take good care of themselves. The second con is that the quality of care is going to decrease due to longer wait times. With more people going to the doctor’s office the quicker the doctor has to go through each patience, causing some patients to either be mistreated or go undiagnosed (Formosa Post,