Essay On Liberalism And Health Care

The Hamilton family is an immigrant family from Vancouver, British Columbia, and while they have become official citizens of the United States, the grandparents are still insured under the Canadian socialized health care system. So when grandma Hamilton was diagnosed with cancer she had to return to Canada to receive her care. However, it took weeks for her to see a specialist and months after that visit to begin her treatment. She declined rapidly and eventually passed away from her cancer. The family states that had she been covered under private health insurance she would have received the care she so desperately needed in a more timely manner, and fought off the cancer(). The entitlement to healthcare is a prevalent issue currently facing …show more content…
Due to this he was asked to talk on the radio, concerning health care, in 1961. On the air waves, Reagan speaks of how people will never vote for socialist ideology, but under the alias of liberalism the people will accept the ideas (Field, 2011). This very prediction came true in March of 2010 when President Obama signed a socialized health care bill into existence under the name of liberalism. In continuation, he stated that if we open up the door for socialism in one area, we are allowing many other avenues for socialism to enter as well(Field, 2011).President Reagan said this regarding the rights it would take away, “The privacy, the care that is given to a person, the right to choose a doctor, the right to go from one doctor to another… this is a freedom that I wonder whether any of us have the right to take away from any human being…”(as cited in Field, 2011). Reagan also realized that if socialized health care were a reality then certain services would need to be rationed to individuals; therefore, making it an ineffective method of running the health care