universal health care
The United States Is the only current modernized western nation that does not offer free public health care. Much like education, health care should be a right to all Americans, not just a privilege to the wealthy and middle class citizens. Arguments against this topic is often hammered down with the idea that taxes will raise, it would be too expensive and funds would be cut from education, police and other public services, but the Medical Student Association, the Physician For A National Health Program and Dr. Michael Thorpe of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University all conclude that a universal healthcare system would actually save somewhere between $125 billion to $400 billion annually. So really we are going to be saving more money than what is coming out of our pockets. What types of morals do we represent if we are more willing to deny health care to others and be selfish about saving a couple hundred dollars per year than getting our nation the rights that it deserves? Another common argument is that people are too lazy to work or maintain health insurance and they don’t want to pay for it. Here is a fun fact, 80% of 48 million of the uninsured are working class citizens, and these are hardworking people whose company is too poor to provide the basic health benefits they need. And those who can afford insurance pay too much money anyway and those who can’t are charged unreasonable and costly amounts of money. The right to public health should be thought of in the same category as police and fire department services. What if the police and fire services were treated the same as health coverage and only those who could afford the police and fire department services were covered by it? Your house or business was being robbed or burglarized and /or burning down but you couldn’t call the police or fire department because it wasn’t in your business contract or your home insurance and you couldn’t afford their services because it wasn’t being