One of the most controversial institutions that perpetuates inequality in the United States is health care. The health care system in the United States is a very complex economic sector, and we do not live in a free market system. The United States is one of the few countries that hasn't created a form of health care that supports their residents. Since the United States government believes that privatizing health care is more effective. The equal distribution of health care will create a variety of issues for our capitalist economy, which is why the government is not supportive for alternative ways to provide healthcare to our diverse population of people. The government regulates our health care, and the system is outlined by private corporations. The healthcare system has been developed for profit maximizing investors whose motives are underproduction and encourage expensive treatments. Although health care is not universal in the United States, there are a variety of options to cover health care. Health care can be covered directly from the government, individually purchased through private insurance companies, or be offered through employment. Our institutional system of health care causes issues addressing racism and poverty in our society. Unfortunately, our health care system perpetuates inequality in respect to our race and economic situation.
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Our current healthcare system is only accessible and affordable to the upper class portion of society, which excludes the low income families, usually composed of minority groups. This makes the gap for equality wider because of how health care was constructed. Minority groups tend to ignore small health issues they find because going for a checkup isn't necessarily an option because of the outrageous expenses. The current health care institution does not match or display the main core value us Americans believe, fairness, because healthcare is racialized. Not receiving any form of wealth throughout generations has made minorities prune to poverty. Poverty rates are much higher among minority groups, even though two thirds of the poor are white. Living in poverty does not allow the majority of people living in the United States have access to health care. Children are the ones being most affected to poverty. In order to have full effective access to health care, our socioeconomic status is an important factor. Having a good income for expenses, wealth to your name for financial stability, and a proper education in order to obtain a well paying job are the components for those applicable for health care in our society. However it is difficult obtaining wealth for minorities because minority groups have been historically oppressed. This is the cause for the wealth gap in our society. This wealth gap is racialized because of the Federal Housing Administration during the 1930s which provided loans for Americans, but didn’t provide loans to African Americans for real estate property. These racist guidelines shaped real estate assessments creating the concept of red lining. Red lining labeled areas who had communities of colored people living there as hazardous to invest in. Alas, the lack of mortgages and investments to these areas wiped away the possibility for future equity to minority groups. Without gaining any equity for these homes it was impossible for African Americans to achieve intergenerational mobility because they were not receiving any form of wealth for their
Our current healthcare system is only accessible and affordable to the upper class portion of society, which excludes the low income families, usually composed of minority groups. This makes the gap for equality wider because of how health care was constructed. Minority groups tend to ignore small health issues they find because going for a checkup isn't necessarily an option because of the outrageous expenses. The current health care institution does not match or display the main core value us Americans believe, fairness, because healthcare is racialized. Not receiving any form of wealth throughout generations has made minorities prune to poverty. Poverty rates are much higher among minority groups, even though two thirds of the poor are white. Living in poverty does not allow the majority of people living in the United States have access to health care. Children are the ones being most affected to poverty. In order to have full effective access to health care, our socioeconomic status is an important factor. Having a good income for expenses, wealth to your name for financial stability, and a proper education in order to obtain a well paying job are the components for those applicable for health care in our society. However it is difficult obtaining wealth for minorities because minority groups have been historically oppressed. This is the cause for the wealth gap in our society. This wealth gap is racialized because of the Federal Housing Administration during the 1930s which provided loans for Americans, but didn’t provide loans to African Americans for real estate property. These racist guidelines shaped real estate assessments creating the concept of red lining. Red lining labeled areas who had communities of colored people living there as hazardous to invest in. Alas, the lack of mortgages and investments to these areas wiped away the possibility for future equity to minority groups. Without gaining any equity for these homes it was impossible for African Americans to achieve intergenerational mobility because they were not receiving any form of wealth for their