Health Insurance
Health Care Problem
Jacqueline Brux in her book, Economic Issues & Policy, states that “There is still 15 percentage of Americans who are currently without any form of health insurance today” (Brux 191). In Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser talks about different employees’ health care benefits and the variance between health insurance companies. Due to the limitation of the economy, fewer people are able to get health care insurance. Different states also have different policies to take care of their citizens. When some people feel sick, they must bear the most cost for their care. Fortunately, several years ago, many people have supported the idea of Universal Insurance. However, the US government has not implemented the Universal Insurance plan up to now. Why is it so hard to implement the plan? And who should pay for it ultimately? In my research paper, I want to talk about the achievement about Health Care in the United States. I also want to talk about the obstruction that America government meeting. For me, I support Universal Insurance.
Before 1920, doctors at that time did not know much about diseases. Many diseases could not be cured by doctors. Therefore, at the very beginning, doctors did not charge very much. “When doctors began learning more about diseases and effective treatments, they started charging more - more than most people could afford. They also needed to treat people in hospitals to take advantage of new medical technology, which further added to the costs. Couple that with the start of the Great Depression, and the situation was even worse” (Web, “How did Healthcare”). To help solve the health care problem, one of the hospitals in the United States created a system, which was used to help people pay their hospital bills. The hospital eventually became Blue Cross. However, as science, medicine, and hospitals grew more sophisticated and more successful, more people turned to hospitals and doctors for care - and costs continued to rise.
Jacqueline Brux in her book, Economic Issues & Policy, states that “There is still 15 percentage of Americans who are currently without any form of health insurance today” (Brux 191). In Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser talks about different employees’ health care benefits and the variance between health insurance companies. Due to the limitation of the economy, fewer people are able to get health care insurance. Different states also have different policies to take care of their citizens. When some people feel sick, they must bear the most cost for their care. Fortunately, several years ago, many people have supported the idea of Universal Insurance. However, the US government has not implemented the Universal Insurance plan up to now. Why is it so hard to implement the plan? And who should pay for it ultimately? In my research paper, I want to talk about the achievement about Health Care in the United States. I also want to talk about the obstruction that America government meeting. For me, I support Universal Insurance.
Before 1920, doctors at that time did not know much about diseases. Many diseases could not be cured by doctors. Therefore, at the very beginning, doctors did not charge very much. “When doctors began learning more about diseases and effective treatments, they started charging more - more than most people could afford. They also needed to treat people in hospitals to take advantage of new medical technology, which further added to the costs. Couple that with the start of the Great Depression, and the situation was even worse” (Web, “How did Healthcare”). To help solve the health care problem, one of the hospitals in the United States created a system, which was used to help people pay their hospital bills. The hospital eventually became Blue Cross. However, as science, medicine, and hospitals grew more sophisticated and more successful, more people turned to hospitals and doctors for care - and costs continued to rise.
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