The healthcare system is overpriced, point blank. The people who can afford it have to be rolling in dough. Yet, others go without even the most basic care such as an appointment to the doctor’s office. The reason being is that the cost of healthcare is too damn high! They suffer with the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, aching, coughing, stuffy-headed, fever, symptoms of sickness. Healthcare costs do not have to be so astronomically priced. A doctor who comes into your room for 15 minutes practically gets money thrown into his pockets, but for what? For telling you that you have to take some Tylenol and take a nap? Why does a test that takes 5 minutes cost 500 dollars? The United States Healthcare system needs to put together care at a more affordable cost or we all might as well pray for death sooner than later. Healthcare, including testing, medications, and doctor visits need to become priced efficiently for everyone. For the love of god, make health insurance available to everyone!
According to Todd Hixon, of Forbes Magazine, in 2008 the United States spent $7000 per capita on healthcare while countries like Japan and the United Kingdom spent half the amount of money and still provided good results. Another problem Hixon states, is that the annual …show more content…
Nobody would suffer an illness without proper care. No patient would ever get rejected treatment because they did not have coverage. Even if it is as little as a checkup, a way for a college student to get medication for their shot nerves without wiping out the few dollars they have, or even a medication being a few dollars less. It would be a start and a little goes a long way. However, my proposal may not be the solution the United States is quite looking for, but I hope one day I can live to see that little glimmer of my perfect utopia coming
According to Todd Hixon, of Forbes Magazine, in 2008 the United States spent $7000 per capita on healthcare while countries like Japan and the United Kingdom spent half the amount of money and still provided good results. Another problem Hixon states, is that the annual …show more content…
Nobody would suffer an illness without proper care. No patient would ever get rejected treatment because they did not have coverage. Even if it is as little as a checkup, a way for a college student to get medication for their shot nerves without wiping out the few dollars they have, or even a medication being a few dollars less. It would be a start and a little goes a long way. However, my proposal may not be the solution the United States is quite looking for, but I hope one day I can live to see that little glimmer of my perfect utopia coming