Universal Health Care Research Paper

Michael Holcomb Should The U.S. Have or Not Have Universal Health Care 9/10/2010 Why doesn’t the United States have universal health care as a right of citizenship? The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee access health care as a right of citizenship. I think that the U.S. should have a universal health care policy because, the U.S. ranks poorly relative to other industrialized nations in health care, a universal health care policy would be relatively inexpensive, and a universal health care policy would enable all citizens’ access to health care regardless of race or the ability to pay.

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Well let me fill you in on some of our budget spending. The U.S. spends 40% more per capita on health care than any other industrialized country with universal health care. Federal studies by the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting office single payer universal health care 100 to 200 Billion dollars per year despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits. The cost of health care in Canada as a percentage of the GNP, which were identical in the U.S. when Canada changed to a single payer, universal health care system in 1971, has increased at a rate much lower than the U.S., despite the U.S. economy being much stronger. So in a nut shell, single payer, universal health care cost would be lower than the current U.S. system due to lower administrative cost. By lowering the administrative cost the U.S. would have the ability to provide universal health care, without managed care, increase benefits and still save
Around 30% of Americans have problem accessing health care due to payment problems or access to care, far more than any other industrialized country. About 17% of our population is without health insurance. About 75% of ill uninsured people have trouble accessing/paying for health care. Comparisons of Difficulties Accessing Care Are Shown To Be Greater In The US Than Canada. Access to health care is directly related to income and race in the United States. As a result the poor and minorities have poorer health than the wealthy. There would be no lines under a universal health care system in the United States because we have about a 30% oversupply of medical equipment and surgeons, whereas demand would increase about 15%. The US denies access to health care based on the ability to pay. Under a universal health care system all would access care. There would be no lines as in other industrialized countries due to the oversupply in our providers and infrastructure, and the willingness/ability of the United States to spend more on health care than other industrialized