Almost twenty years ago a seventy something year old grandmother went to the doctor and was informed that her cancer had returned. Her family urged her to seek the recommended treatment no matter the cost. She declined treatment options stating that not only was she tired of fighting, she did not want to leave to her family a legacy of debt that would have been incurred from treatments that had no guarantees. We watched our grandmother slowly die as the cancer eventually metastasized to her brain. Before this I was well insured as a single person through my employer. While I knew families paid a little more for coverage then a single person I thought my little bubble of understanding was the status quo for everyone. Until then I really had
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medical care.” In 2005 member states of the World Health Organization including the U.S. signed World Health Assembly resolution 58.33 stating that everyone should have “access to health care services and should not suffer financial hardship when obtaining these services.” Finally, the Lancet study, a peer review study in 2008 stated the "[r]ight-to-health features are not just good management, justice, or humanitarianism, they are obligations under human-rights law." Yet to date the United States is one of only two of the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the other county is Mexico, that does not have universal health care for its citizens. YET we spent the most on health care …show more content…
families. Without the influence of Obama care, a peer review study in Health Affairs reports that in a ten-year span, from 2003 to 2013, the cost of family health insurance premiums increased 80% in the U.S. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation delaying or not seeking medical attention is a real problem affecting 58% of Americans, and when they do seek medical attention 26% of Americans have trouble paying for the care they receive and often do not seek follow-up care. A single-payer health care system in the U.S. would help up to 95% of households save money and every citizen would be guaranteed access to quality medical
medical care.” In 2005 member states of the World Health Organization including the U.S. signed World Health Assembly resolution 58.33 stating that everyone should have “access to health care services and should not suffer financial hardship when obtaining these services.” Finally, the Lancet study, a peer review study in 2008 stated the "[r]ight-to-health features are not just good management, justice, or humanitarianism, they are obligations under human-rights law." Yet to date the United States is one of only two of the 34 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the other county is Mexico, that does not have universal health care for its citizens. YET we spent the most on health care …show more content…
families. Without the influence of Obama care, a peer review study in Health Affairs reports that in a ten-year span, from 2003 to 2013, the cost of family health insurance premiums increased 80% in the U.S. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation delaying or not seeking medical attention is a real problem affecting 58% of Americans, and when they do seek medical attention 26% of Americans have trouble paying for the care they receive and often do not seek follow-up care. A single-payer health care system in the U.S. would help up to 95% of households save money and every citizen would be guaranteed access to quality medical