Thank you for your first affirmative speech, and now I will make a speech, which is going to be against to your claims and points. Most people do not even know what single-payer means. So let’s start with what we have. We can think of the American healthcare system as a series of tubes. We don’t have single-payer healthcare, we have thousands and thousands of payer healthcare. And each of them typically pays different amounts for the exact same medical service. For every 3 doctors in the U.S., you have to two billing staff standing behind them just handling all that paperwork. If we think of a single-payer system, it is just one tube of payments, which all money flows from the government to the doctors. So since the government is the one paying all bills, they get to decide what they will and will not. …show more content…
So I want to start with the disadvantages of a single payer healthcare. The money for a single payer system needs to come from somewhere. For countries that have already established a single payer system, the pool of cash that is used for care typically comes from taxation. These countries are; Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya, Jordan, Iraq, Cameroon, and Cambodia. If you guys have noticed that I did not mention any European country, and all countries that I mentioned they have the worse economy than the U.S., they are all 3rd world countries, but unfortunately, United States of America is on that list just because we do not have free healthcare and Universal Healthcare. Subpoint B is the higher taxes, this is seen in the US already as well through the Medicare salary withholding tax. Corporate and sales taxes are often raised to supplement the fund, for example, the gasoline prices have been increased 18 percent since last year. And the tax policy center estimates %53 of taxpayers will face higher bills. Just because the president of the United States has ended the Affordable Care Act, also known as
I. You might have heard politicians in the news, talk about overhauling our tax system with a new fix-all idea, the flat-tax. This would simplify our overly complicated tax system and might seem appealing at first glance, however there are serious problems with it.
Even during the worst economic downturn, the advantages of a universal health care system remain hidden from society. Instead, the adverse impacts continue to occupy the minds of many Americans. Misguidedly, citizens are repeatedly ensnared into ideological disputes inc...
On March 23, 2010, President Barrack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into legislation. The bill was created to provide affordable and effective health care to all Americans. It has since provided tens of millions of uninsured Americans with affordable healthcare (“ObamaCare: Pros and Cons of ObamaCare”). While doing so, an estimated 31 million still remain uncovered as of 2016 (“Not ‘Everybody’ Is Covered Under ACA”). To this day, the health care plan has remained widely criticized and controversial. Many believe the Affordable Care Act has not done its duty and is unconstitutional to force healthcare upon Americans. Some of the people who share these views believe it isn’t the government’s job to provide welfare. They believe healthcare
With congress passing ObamaCare last year we are taking baby steps towards a health system overhaul we so desperately need. The skeptics, though, still argue against it, citing the costs as too much or that it’s un-american. Health care is a basic need for everyone, and as such should be right protected and provided for by the government. There are great, economic, moral, and social benefits to be reaped, and so it is important for our government to continue down this path its started and also important for Americans to provide our full support. There is much to overcome to completely reverse the direction of the health system, and I’m sure it will take many years for the results to pay off, but I’m glad we’ve at least provided the groundwork for future generations to build
The healthcare reform debate has been politicized in the United States for many years where there have been deliberate efforts by various stakeholders to ensure that they push for the reforms that are in line with the cost-benefit aspects that they have already envisioned. In this paper, I will attempt to prove that the reforms that have been witnessed in the healthcare in the recent years have not been effective and helpful to the society as a whole. When President Obama came into office, he promised to oversee great reforms in the healthcare which is his government he face much priority in the social policy aspects. The congress managed to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Today I want to tell you why adopting universal health care is the answer to the question of health care reform.
A universal healthcare system is a great idea in theory, but in actuality, no one has figured out a reasonable proposal for where the money should come from. Economists claim that more than 2 trillion dollars are spent on health care each year. That’s over $6,000 per person. It would be reasonable to assume that universal health care would cause the already grand cost of health care in the United States to increase even more. The most likely outcome is that taxpayers would have to pay into a large pool from which everyone would draw for their health needs. This would create several problems. First, it would raise taxes for everyone. It would also mean, fundamentally, that many people who choose a healthy lifestyle would be required to pay the same amount as people who choose to live an unhealthy lifestyle, which hardly seems fair. Finally, a universal healthcare system could lead to huge increases in unemployment. All of the Americans who are currently employed with private insurance companies could suddenly find themselves without work. Government regulation could lead to decreased salaries for doctors. This hardly seems like a more
The Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, is a new health policy created by the American federal government. Its purpose is to make healthcare more affordable and friendly for the people. Unfortunately in some way that does not prove to be the case. It is becoming apparent that Obama may have made some misleading statements to help get the ACA put into action. The ACA is sprinkled with many flaws that call for a reform such as people’s current plans being terminated, high costs, and at minimum some people’s hours being cut by their employers.
The government says if there was universal health care payroll taxes would double. Also if universal health care came into effect the wait time for a doctor visit would nearly double. These are good points but the wait time does not make a difference, all that matters is that most people in America will have health care. Many say it is to costly and limit service but studies constantly show when well managed to provide quality care it delivers better health outcomes at lower costs. Using a single payer health care system it would cover everyone under a single plan. What single payer does is gives access to prevention, early prevention, reducing insurance overhead, reduce provider overhead, and bulk purchasing power. Access to prevention and early Intervention is recieving access to primary care and can catch illness before its serious and costly. Reducing insurance overhead will stop advertising and competion. Reducing provider overhead will stop doctors from spending some much time on paperwork and pay more attention to actually care. One payer can bargain for the best prices this is bulk purchasing
There is an ongoing debate on the topic of how to fix the health care system in America. Some believe that there should be a Single Payer system that ensures all health care costs are covered by the government, and the people that want a Public Option system believe that there should be no government interference with paying for individual’s health care costs. In 1993, President Bill Clinton introduced the Health Security Act. Its goal was to provide universal health care for America. There was a lot of controversy throughout the nation whether this Act was going in the right direction, and in 1994, the Act died. Since then there have been multiple other attempts to fix the health care situation, but those attempts have not succeeded. The Affordable Care Act was passed in the senate on December 24, 2009, and passed in the house on March 21, 2010. President Obama signed it into law on March 23 (Obamacare Facts). This indeed was a step forward to end the debate about health care, and began to establish the middle ground for people in America. In order for America to stay on track to rebuild the health care system, we need to keep going in the same direction and expand our horizons by keeping and adding on to the Affordable Care Act so every citizen is content.
In the arguments against the universal health, states that it can increase our countries debt. In 2012 without universal healthcare, Medicaid and children's healthcare took up about 21% of the nation's federal budget. The increase in universal healthcare could increase the wait time for medical services, Medicaid is an example of a federally funded single payer health care system, according to a 2012 GAO report.
In the United States of America, people view health care as a product to be bought and sold. Therefore, anyone who could not avail the health care would not have any coverage. Without any form of health care, someone could not achieve their outstanding potential when sick. United States has spent so much money in trying to make this country as one of the best in the world. There is economic growth if the health of the citizenry is safeguarded. In this nation that is known for its wealth, it is very ironic to find people without proper insurance due to high cost and therefore are denied health care (Bergen, Fultz, Kessie, & Osburn, 2015). Society is denying them the right to live. Butts & Rich (2005) stated that in order to achieve social
Like many college students I have to pinch pennies to make it through school. Every last penny counts when budgeting my monetary supply. As a result of this I have found that I do not have enough to spare to pay for health insurance. Unlike most college students I am over the age of 23 and thus not covered by my parents insurance. Since I am only employed part time I am also not able to obtain it from work. This puts me in the company of the more than 42 million Americans who do not have health insurance. It is past time that the United States join the rest of the industrialized countries that have already decided to provide their citizens with health care. I believe a single payer health care system is necessary. A national health care system would provide a number of benefits. To begin with, it would cut the overall costs of health care. Secondly it would actually decrease bureaucracy by removing the many layers of insurance paper work patients and physicians are forced to go through in our current system. Finally it would increase life expectancy by allowing more money conscious Americans to receive adequate prevention instead of waiting until an illness becomes worse. All of these reasons point towards a national health care program as being the solution we need. Some opponents of single payer sytems, mostly financed by insurance companies that stand to lose billions from such a plan, point to some of the other countries that have enacted such plans as an advisory against our following suit. However they fail to take into account some of the methods unique to those countries and overstate some of the problems while ignoring our own.
The main ones are increasing taxation, the effect it will have on the type of government in America, it will limit the choice in medical care, cause a longer wait for care, and there is the issue of people that are already "grandfathered" into plans that they have already purchased. There are many people that are concerned about the constitutional authority of the country by forcing universal health care upon the citizens. Maybe people believe that by doing this, the government of the United States is heading more toward a democracy and less of a constitutional republic. The next major problem is how the government will pay for the program that provides healthcare to every citizen. The two options are, the government pays for it with their own revenue or the taxpayers money goes towards it. The government is already in debt, which leaves the cost up to the taxpayers money. There is no possible way for medical care to be free and taxes to go up. The other major concern is how the people who have already purchased health insurance, or are grandfathered into a plan, get reimbursed for their
Life is full of uncertainties. Risk lurks in every nook and corner of human life. In short, life is unpredictable. We need to be prepared for such circumstances. Leading a happy life, involves good planning and analysis for your personal health. Accidents do happen and you need to be prepared for such situations. In times of high health cost, you need to get covered for health risks.