Argumentative Essay On Health Care Reform
In recent years, both Republicans and Democrats have debated what healthcare reform in the U.S. should look like. Unfortunately, this debate has been going on for decades with no clear solution to “fit” everyone perfect. There are many reasons why this important topic has been debated for so long with little change before 2011; one of those reasons could arguably be public opinion. Since the beginning of politics, public opinion has had some degree of affect in a politician’s decision-making process. In today’s economy, politics are filled with many complications such as wealthy contributors who can persuade an election with an arsenal of money for campaign ads at their disposal. The unfortunate consequence with this process is the general population often times only witnesses the ads played most often. A recent article in Modern Healthcare by Harris Meyer concerning the recent Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act mentions a poll conducted by USA
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Could this be the reason the Senate bill has no support? In the same article, Kurtzleben discusses the lack of knowledge in the difference between the ACA and Obamacare. In fact, 35% of the population was unaware that the two were the same, according to a survey conducted in February by Morning Consult (Kurtzleben, 2017). So, the question has to be, how much will politicians be persuaded by public opinion knowing possibly a third of their constituents don’t have a clue what is really going on in government? Unfortunately that may never be known. What we do know is if representatives are not fulfilling their constituent’s expectations, they will be replaced in the next election for that office, creating newfound hope in the next term and an ever-changing legislative
Could this be the reason the Senate bill has no support? In the same article, Kurtzleben discusses the lack of knowledge in the difference between the ACA and Obamacare. In fact, 35% of the population was unaware that the two were the same, according to a survey conducted in February by Morning Consult (Kurtzleben, 2017). So, the question has to be, how much will politicians be persuaded by public opinion knowing possibly a third of their constituents don’t have a clue what is really going on in government? Unfortunately that may never be known. What we do know is if representatives are not fulfilling their constituent’s expectations, they will be replaced in the next election for that office, creating newfound hope in the next term and an ever-changing legislative