Health Care Debate

Argumentative Essay 10/02/09 EN 100 Why Health Care Should Not Be Universal Unfortunately it does not appear that the problem will get any better. "National health expenditures are expected to increase faster than the growth in GDP: between 2008 and 2018, the average increase in national health expenditures is expected to be 6.2 percent per year, while the GDP is expected to increase only 4.1 percent per year." ("National Coalition On Health Care") At that rate by 2018 health care costs would be approaching twentypercent of the GDP. Ultimately, if current trends continue, the question is not should everyone have health care, but will anyone have health care. Another reason to reject the current health care reform proposal is that the majority of voters are opposed to the plan. “A new Rasmussen reports phone survey released on Monday (September 28, 2009) shows the support for health care reform proposed by the president and congressional democrats, has sunk to a new low of forty one percent the plan is now being opposed by fifty six percent. Seniors are most responsible for the low numbers with only thirty three percent supporting the bill and fifty nine percent opposing.” The president’s health care proposal would also create a number of other problems. A congressional budget office study released on July 14, 2009 predicts two additional problems. Requiring employers to offer health insurance or pay a fee if they do not would be likely to reduce employment. The projections vary but minimum estimates several million Americans could lost their jobs due to the cost of the proposal. The congressional budget office also predicted that providing new subsidies for health insurance that decline in value as a person’s income rises could discourage some people from working more hours. Another possible problem that could result from the current health care proposal would be an increase in the cost of private health insurance premiums. The

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