In 2013, 17.1% of the United States’ GDP was spent on healthcare, making it the largest healthcare budget in the world. Yet, 33 million Americans went uninsured the following year. Despite our nation’s spending, more citizens are left vulnerable in the US than in the next top 12 highest spending countries combined. We now face challenges on how to expand coverage without expanding our budget, but our problem lies within the system. We must adopt multi-payer, universal healthcare as a right for every working, disabled, and otherwise vulnerable citizen in order to put America first and compete with other global superpowers.
Our current system operates on regulated private markets. Some are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, which are public
Our current system operates on regulated private markets. Some are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, which are public