Refutation Speech Outline
Refutation Speech Outline
Introduction I. (attention-getter) The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system (Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.) In 2006, the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 15.8%, or approximately 47 million uninsured people (US Census Bureau). II. (introduce-justify topic) The United States spends twice as much on health care per capita than any other country and spending continues to increase. In 2005, the national health care expenditures totaled $2 trillion (National Center for Health Statistics,) and about half of the bankruptcy filings in the United States are due to medical expenses. (Health Affairs …show more content…
Also, Politicians fear that socialized medicine would result in higher taxes, and no one wants to be the one to report high taxes to their home districts if they want to be reelected. However, many people fail to realize the simple transfer of funds. With higher taxes, you are no longer paying health care fees. i. In actuality, a government based healthcare system would reduce overhead (which is paying more than what a good or service is worth,) and actually save valuable money to U.S citizens as a whole. ii. Integrating health care with government has worked in every other wealth industrialized nation, and we pay far more than any other country for our health care, according to the (National Center for Health Statistics). We need to realize what is best in the long term. III. As I said above, there are many benefits that would arise from fixing problems with our health care system. a. We would improve quality of our service through quality dependent pay. b. Insure that every American, rich or poor, has access to the health serves they need. c. We can reduce the overall costs of healthcare through government integration, and put more money back into our pockets. d. There would be increased productivity, as more people can afford to have diseases treated and spend less time being
Introduction I. (attention-getter) The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system (Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.) In 2006, the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 15.8%, or approximately 47 million uninsured people (US Census Bureau). II. (introduce-justify topic) The United States spends twice as much on health care per capita than any other country and spending continues to increase. In 2005, the national health care expenditures totaled $2 trillion (National Center for Health Statistics,) and about half of the bankruptcy filings in the United States are due to medical expenses. (Health Affairs …show more content…
Also, Politicians fear that socialized medicine would result in higher taxes, and no one wants to be the one to report high taxes to their home districts if they want to be reelected. However, many people fail to realize the simple transfer of funds. With higher taxes, you are no longer paying health care fees. i. In actuality, a government based healthcare system would reduce overhead (which is paying more than what a good or service is worth,) and actually save valuable money to U.S citizens as a whole. ii. Integrating health care with government has worked in every other wealth industrialized nation, and we pay far more than any other country for our health care, according to the (National Center for Health Statistics). We need to realize what is best in the long term. III. As I said above, there are many benefits that would arise from fixing problems with our health care system. a. We would improve quality of our service through quality dependent pay. b. Insure that every American, rich or poor, has access to the health serves they need. c. We can reduce the overall costs of healthcare through government integration, and put more money back into our pockets. d. There would be increased productivity, as more people can afford to have diseases treated and spend less time being