The Necessity of Health Care Reform

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According to a study done by the Centers for Disease Control, 43.6 million Americans were uninsured for health care as of 2008 (CDC). This number is too high! What can Americans do about this growing problem? The Republicans and Democrats both have their separate plans for this matter, both of which contain good ideas, but fall short of what this country needs. A mixture of the two plans will solve this country’s health insurance problems.

The Republicans have very specific beliefs on health care. They believe in helping out the individual by allowing them to take care of their own health care options. One influential website states, plans, such as, Flexible Savings Accounts and Medical Savings Accounts, are designed to do just that (“Republican”). They are in strong opposition to government-run universal health care. The website goes on to say, that they believe that it will lead to many more problems than it would solve (“Republican”). The article states that they also take a much stricter Catholic stance than Democrats. Things such as embryonic cell research and cloning are things they would oppose in funding with taxpayers’ money (“Republican”).

The Republican Party has many ideas that it wants to have approved in a health care bill. One prominent website states, their changes represent things they call “Common-Sense Reforms” (“Health Care-GOP”). The article says, these changes include the obvious items such as lower health care premiums, encouraging state programs, and guaranteeing affordable health care for the uninsured (“Health Care-GOP”). They also include the much-needed rule of not being allowed to drop people with pre-existing conditions. The same influential website says they also have plans to hel...

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