War has many repercussions – some good, some bad. While heroic men and women get called into duty, what does it mean for healthcare while the war is ongoing and importantly after the war for those men and women. The most recent war in Iraq has had its toll in overall healthcare. In 2003, when the war began, an average premium was $9,313.64 per year for family coverage and has since inflated 62 percent to $15,022 per year, in 2011 (Schoen, Lippa, Collins, Radley, 2012). Was this directly affected by the war? It’s open for discussion – the war caused many problems in the United States with economy issues, healthcare issues, unemployment, etc. so to say the war didn’t have a negative role in healthcare shouldn’t be dismissed. Further looking into premium pricing since the war and new presidential regime of promised lower healthcare options, while helping millions of Americans getting healthcare, it hasn’t exactly lowered premium costs per family per year, just last year the average American household paid $16,655 (“Cost Trends”, 2014) in healthcare which isn’t a gigantic leap from 2011’s premium of $15,022.
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Now, instead of looking short-term in relation from the Iraq war to now – looking back to the many wars the United States has been part of and how healthcare has improved and how it can further be improved from here on
Now, instead of looking short-term in relation from the Iraq war to now – looking back to the many wars the United States has been part of and how healthcare has improved and how it can further be improved from here on