The Importance Of Healthcare In The United States

For many people in the United States healthcare is a bit too expensive to attain. Many people are unemployed and some even underemployed and healthcare is just out of their reach. We are a nation that thrives on eating, smoking, and drinking alcohol, which severely affects our health daily. There are many challenges related to healthcare in our society. The rich have no issues with the healthcare laws that are passed because it in no way affects their situation. The price of prescription drugs is another challenge that affects the low and middle class and prevents people from taking medication that is needed. Facilities around the country are underfunded and not capable of providing the services that are needed in many communities. We are one

It seems that the unhealthy foods are much cheaper than the fruits and vegetables that would curve the obesity crisis in our youth. Fast-food chains target low income neighborhoods and this plays into the narrative of the poor eating unhealthy. There is a McDonalds within a mile of just about every low income neighborhood in the city which I live in. McDonalds cares about their bottom line and could care less about the health choices in which society makes. Uneducated people continue to smoke cigarettes at a high rate because they lack the knowledge to read and understand how it is affecting their health. I see older people all time, as soon as they eat a meal, they must rush to the nearest exit to smoke a cigarette. It I a very poor habit in which their lungs can never recover

Obesity is more common among women who are poor and less educated and for minorities of both sexes (Erwin & Brownson, 2017). Obesity is taking over our youth because they lack the drive to get outside and play like children did 25-30 years ago. Most children begin playing with some electronic device at a very early age in their life and this is what stunts their ability to exercise. Children want a cell phone as a toddler now, crawling, walking, and running takes a back seat to an iPhone or android. Gone is the day, which children want to play outside all day until they are tired. Video games, Netflix, and cell phones cause them to sit and eat their lives away. If this attitude continues we will have an obese society with a shorter life expectancy than ever