The Ethical Boundaries of Universal Healthcare

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Introduction

The ability of U.S. organizations to be able to compete on a global scale is hampered by lesser developed countries providing workers with the same efficiency at lower pay rates. Working to fix the problem is essential to the future success of U.S. organizations and the success of U.S. citizens. The question is how to address this issue in a way that is ethically representative of our country and those who lead it. According to Princeton economist Paul Krugman one such solution is to provide Universal Healthcare in the United States in turn lessening the financial burden on organizations and the workers they employ. The dilemma this raises is around the ethical boundaries of Universal Healthcare.

Roper stated that Paul Krugman believes that the U.S. needs to provide health care to all Americans “paid for by taxing the economy winners (2008).” His belief is that every American should have the resources to take care of their health and survival without suffering on the other end. It’s only ethical that every American should be armed with healthcare insurance, whether the healthcare is mandated or not. This simply means that the division that is seen within the political parties (between President Obama and Congress) must reach an adequate, equal, and effective conclusion.

On June 2, 2009, President Barack Obama wrote to Senator Edward M. Kennedy,

Senator Max Baucus on his thought of the current health care issues: It is unsustainable for our families, whose spiraling premiums and out-of-pocket expenses are pushing them into bankruptcy and forcing them to go without the checkups and prescriptions they need. It is unsustainable for businesses, forcing more and more of them to choose between keeping t...

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...his ethical decision is not as much about whether Universal Healthcare is a necessary or not but how U.S. organizations should address their business challenges to compete globally.

References

Obama, B. (. (2009, June 2). Text of a Letter From the President to Senatory Edward M.

Kennedy and Senator Max Baucus. Retrieved August 31, 2009, from Health Reform

Web site: http://healthreform.gov/2009healthcareletterpres.pdf.

Roper, J. E. (2008, April 3). The Broad Economic Importance of U.S. Healthcare Policy.

Retrieved August 31, 2009, from All Academic:

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p268547_index.html.

Times Topics. (2009, September 1). Retrieved September 1, 2009, from The New York

Times: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics

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