Synthesis Essay On Health Care
Brianna Falls
Robert Zackowski
Synthesis Paper
English 101
11/28/2017
Synthesis Paper
How can Canada maintain free Healthcare from a business standpoint and what do Canadians do differently towards this versus how America runs health care? This answer can be found through focusing not on money, but rather what the money is spent on when it comes to healthcare between the United States and Canada. While the United States is one of the biggest money spenders when it comes to health care, it's demands and medical prices are viewed to be harsh. The United State’s healthcare in many ways is more hurtful than helpful within a medical case, giving the consumer a right to health care but not necessarily helping them with it. Another standpoint that …show more content…
For instance, The “US amounted to about $34 billion in out-of-pocket spending in 2007, with $11.9 billion spent on visits to practitioners” and in doing so the prices of health care rises, without actually helping to prevent individuals from getting sick, to begin with (Nicola K. Gale). Is it better to have healthcare and pay for it and it’s helpful when it comes to doctor's visits, or is it better to have free health care with restrictions on what you can have to help you in a medical time of need and have a higher tax rate? This can be said true, as Canadians do have the right of gaining free healthcare, but if you need it for a long-term medical reason or more serious matter, it is usually in their interest to pay for healthcare anyways (Right to Health Care). Either scenario shows that the rights individuals have regarding healthcare is limited and costly, just in different ways and so an individual is left to hope that neither one is …show more content…
The complaints began in “...the 18th and 19th century the US federal government did not finance or otherwise provide healthcare to the public.” (Right to Health Care). As complaints piled up in the 20th century, policies were put into place and health care became the main issue, still being a topic of discussion in today times. Over the years, variations of health care systems consisted of policy changes that go along with higher versus lower insurance fluctuations. Whereas, Canada has a smaller population and guarantees its citizens to have free health care after the standard amount of time living in the
Robert Zackowski
Synthesis Paper
English 101
11/28/2017
Synthesis Paper
How can Canada maintain free Healthcare from a business standpoint and what do Canadians do differently towards this versus how America runs health care? This answer can be found through focusing not on money, but rather what the money is spent on when it comes to healthcare between the United States and Canada. While the United States is one of the biggest money spenders when it comes to health care, it's demands and medical prices are viewed to be harsh. The United State’s healthcare in many ways is more hurtful than helpful within a medical case, giving the consumer a right to health care but not necessarily helping them with it. Another standpoint that …show more content…
For instance, The “US amounted to about $34 billion in out-of-pocket spending in 2007, with $11.9 billion spent on visits to practitioners” and in doing so the prices of health care rises, without actually helping to prevent individuals from getting sick, to begin with (Nicola K. Gale). Is it better to have healthcare and pay for it and it’s helpful when it comes to doctor's visits, or is it better to have free health care with restrictions on what you can have to help you in a medical time of need and have a higher tax rate? This can be said true, as Canadians do have the right of gaining free healthcare, but if you need it for a long-term medical reason or more serious matter, it is usually in their interest to pay for healthcare anyways (Right to Health Care). Either scenario shows that the rights individuals have regarding healthcare is limited and costly, just in different ways and so an individual is left to hope that neither one is …show more content…
The complaints began in “...the 18th and 19th century the US federal government did not finance or otherwise provide healthcare to the public.” (Right to Health Care). As complaints piled up in the 20th century, policies were put into place and health care became the main issue, still being a topic of discussion in today times. Over the years, variations of health care systems consisted of policy changes that go along with higher versus lower insurance fluctuations. Whereas, Canada has a smaller population and guarantees its citizens to have free health care after the standard amount of time living in the