According to the US Census Bereau, 33 million Americans, or 10.4% of the population, had no health insurance in 2014 (http://healthcare.procon.org/,2/24/2017). While the number of Americans without health insurance has dropped to 8.8 percent in 2016 due to the implementation of Obamacare, it remains that 28.2 million individuals are uninsured (Dan Mangan14 Feb 2017). Many people are not afforded the same rights to healthcare because they do not have coverage. National healthcare provides individuals with equal opportunity to all medical services needed to live the same quality of life as any other American. National healthcare should be practiced in the United States. First, healthcare is a right and not a privilege based on employment status
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In the United States, many argue they do not want national healthcare because of the tax increase it would cause. However, there are many other factors these individuals are not seeing. Although there would be a tax increase to pay for the health coverage, there are no deductibles, co-pays, health premiums, or out-of-pocket expenses. Look at the British healthcare system. Eben Harrell from Time.com states, “All appointments and treatments are free to the patient (though paid for through taxes), as are almost all prescription drugs. The maximum cost of receiving any drug prescribed by the NHS is $12.” To Americans, this is astounding as we walk into a specialist and can have a co-pay and then head to a pharmacy to pick up what the doctor prescribed only to find out the medicine costs hundreds because the insurance company does not cover it. Furthermore, Britian spends about $2500 per person on healthcare where the United States spends about $6000 (Harrell, Eben, Aug18, 2009). The World Health Organization ranks Britian 18th in global league table of healthcare systems where the United States ranks only at 37th(Harrell, Eben, Aug18, 2009). These statics only further prove national healthcare works in providing equal care and medicines to
In the United States, many argue they do not want national healthcare because of the tax increase it would cause. However, there are many other factors these individuals are not seeing. Although there would be a tax increase to pay for the health coverage, there are no deductibles, co-pays, health premiums, or out-of-pocket expenses. Look at the British healthcare system. Eben Harrell from Time.com states, “All appointments and treatments are free to the patient (though paid for through taxes), as are almost all prescription drugs. The maximum cost of receiving any drug prescribed by the NHS is $12.” To Americans, this is astounding as we walk into a specialist and can have a co-pay and then head to a pharmacy to pick up what the doctor prescribed only to find out the medicine costs hundreds because the insurance company does not cover it. Furthermore, Britian spends about $2500 per person on healthcare where the United States spends about $6000 (Harrell, Eben, Aug18, 2009). The World Health Organization ranks Britian 18th in global league table of healthcare systems where the United States ranks only at 37th(Harrell, Eben, Aug18, 2009). These statics only further prove national healthcare works in providing equal care and medicines to