Socialized Health Care

From an idealistic perspective, many would prefer to live in a nation that ensures the safety and wellbeing of its people. Some would consider this a basic right a nation should strive to achieve for its people. This means most would believe a successful nation requires a proper healthcare system for its people. The Center for American progress states in an article entitled “The Specter of Socialized Medicine” that “in a strictly defined socialized system, the government controls all means and methods of delivering, financing, and allocating health care” (Bizzle, Fraga, Sermetis, & Lambrew, 2014). Adopting this system in the United States would outright nullify the American health care system which currently exists. In order to provide a judgment as to whether or not this is worth …show more content…
According to an article published by the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, the United States utilizes a “market-based health insurance” which is “privatized and commoditized” (“Health Care in the United States”, n.d.). This means that health care is purchased by consumers from private organizations. In other words, people can seek out the most affordable insurance policies from competing companies and have more personalized options. However, as healthcare is not mandated by the government, “45,000 people die each year simply because they have no health insurance” (“Health Care in the United States”, n.d.). People either cannot afford the insurance option presented to them or they do not have the proper education to seek out affordable health care. Though the American system of healthcare provides varying options at varying prices, companies can take advantage of pricing with little consequence. This is evident in the fact that, according to NESRI, “700,000 families go bankrupt each year just by trying to pay for their health care” (“Health Care in the United States”, n.d.). This is a clear