Pros And Cons Of Health Insurance In The United States

As human beings we are susceptible to illness, death, accidents. Things of the unknown, we don’t know why our bodies tend to attract effects that then we have to get cared for. Our society runs off of health care without it, we would not have made it as far as we have now. Back before all the new developments were created, before the thought of vaccinations, medications or even operation it was survival of the fittest. They had no magic cure that could bring someone back to life from the brink of death. Now in today’s era we have machines doing operations on people instead of actual people, but at what cost? Most of the population in the United States is in debt because they can’t afford to pay off some of the medical bills even after they get the minimum coverage for health insurance. In two thousand and ten there was an average cost per person of around eighty-five thousand dollars and that is with Medicare services. To be able to understand healthcare in economics, we need to understand that one we need enough resources to be able to accommodate every single person regardless of their standings, as well as having enough funds to provide that service. There are many hospitals in the United States that are non-profit hospitals, then you have those whom …show more content…
Two, most of the time you only have to pay a deductible and the insurance company covers most of the charges of the visit. Three, you don’t have to worry about where you’re going to find the money to pay for the medications. Some cons of health insurance can be one, sometimes dependent on your provider you can only be seen in certain places. Two, even though you have health insurance it may only cover certain procedures and visitations sometimes making you pay out of pocket which can be very taxing on a person. Lastly, some may not even qualify to receive health