Single-Payer National Health Insurance

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Should healthcare be correlated with money or should the government provide an affordable health care for every American? Health insurance is a benefit that every citizen should have in their country because it is the way that the government gives access to the well-being of health. Even so, having health insurance is a privilege for U.S citizens because of the high of cost in health insurance offered by the private companies. How possible is it to see a doctor or get treated when it costs thousands of dollars? It seems that there is a trade between money and the cure. However, the problem is that low income people have more risk to die than people who can pay for any treatment. That is why I believe that low income people should have access …show more content…
It explains the benefits to have a single-payer health insurance program for each American, and the benefits for physicians and hospitals. Also, it describes how the budget that is used for private insurance companies would be used for the patient's welfare. Physicians for a National Health Program concludes that single-payer insurance will offer access to every American and it will eliminate the high cost of health insurance. This article helped me to understand why every person should have access to a health care without paying the highest amount of money. At the same time, I wonder how long will take to U.S to build this system. Something that has been bothering me is if the private health insurance companies are giving the government some monetary benefits for them to continue in the healthcare …show more content…
I chose this article because it gives me statistics according to the public opinion on having a single-payer insurance. The author gives the result of national polls over the years that how citizens are in favor of getting National Health Insurance (NHI). To illustrate in his article he mentions that three of four Americans support NHI during the 1940s and 2009 CBS/New York Times poll found that 59 percent of respondents support NHI. Also, Geyman mentions how efficient and less bureaucratic the Canadian Health system is. After this statement I remembered that Mrs. Pipes criticized the Canadian system, so I would do more research and focus on how the Canadian Health system works. So I will find more answers with regard to Mrs. Pipes, and Mr. Geyman articles because each of them did not give solid support why the Canadian Health system is efficient and it is not efficient. Geyman concludes saying that healthcare is not primarily a “left or right” issue, it depends on having affordable access to healthcare. So, I believe that supplying the basic needs of all Americans should not be divided between Republicans and Democrats on the contrary, both parties should work to provide health well-being for

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