Single Payer Healthcare

Single Payer One of the issues the United States faces today is healthcare. Many Americans are currently without health insurance due to the high cost. Americans have enough with the cost of their daily bills such as food, shelter, and gas. People do not make healthcare a priority because they feel healthy, but the problem arises when an American citizen or family member becomes injured or sick. This would not be an issue if the United States had a single payer healthcare system. A single-payer healthcare system would cover everyone from birth to death without having any out of pocket expenses. The single-payer system is the payment of doctors and hospitals by one administrative fund from the government. It would be a service similar to those that are ran by the government such as police, firemen, military, education assistance, and post office. With this healthcare, Americans would be covered for primary care, specialist care, hospital visits, home care, long-term care, mental, dental, eye care, and many more. The United States should have a single-payer healthcare system to be able to decrease spending for Americans, help the sick, and improve the economy. Having a single-payer healthcare system will help Americans who are currently sick. In “Unhealthy Solutions: Private Insurance, High Costs and the Denial of Care” Steffie Woodhandler interview, she suggests that Americans are suffering from illness and bankruptcy due to cost of health insurance. According to Woolhandler, “people without insurance may not die, but suffer needlessly from a stroke, an amputation or kidney failure, things that could be prevented by good care” (36). The United States should be able to provide excellent healthcare on the same way they provide safety for its citizens. In the article, “A Universal Healthcare System: Is It Right for the United States?” Marleise Rashford reports that uninsured people are using the emergency department for a small illness, he agrees in having a