Pros And Cons Of The Healthcare System

Like most emergency rooms, the one at Overlake Medical Centre in Seattle is bursting with activity –there are twenty people around with varying degrees of condition and nurses everywhere as they attempt to solve each and every problem in a reasonable amount of time. Everything appears to be situation normal, save for the single-mother who’s just learned that her eldest has cancer and she, with her meager job and less than ideal finical situation, cannot afford the treatment and will thus never be able to get her child so desperately needed treatment. Unfortunately, the circumstance depicted above is an all too common scenario for many American families who fight every single day with their healthcare system –which is about as fractured as a

And what could be more stressful and worrisome than a healthcare system that depends on the ability (or lack thereof) to provide care on an independent basis? According to an article by a CNN reporter, thousands upon thousands of Americans die yearly because they failed to apprehend the proper healthcare, usually because they don’t have the stability in their lives to afford the care or have a fear of not being able to reach such stability. However, to be frank, the leading reason for people not attempting to get healthcare in America is that they just don’t have insurance –something their system seriously doesn’t agree with. What's more, many Americans year round face a thing known as “medical debt” which is a form of debt that comes from medical expenses paid for out of pocket, usually in a time of desperation (such as an unexpected emergency). This kind of debt paralyzes one’s ability to get healthcare sufficiently and usually stems out of the general form of the American system –in fact, it’s said that medical debt is most prominent in America because one has to pay for bills alone. Besides that, many Americans just give up on the idea of healthcare altogether and would much rather suffer instead of receiving care because they would rather not fork up the money that is so out rightly demanded by their system. While it is tragic and unacceptable, the problems stemming out of the healthcare system can be relatively mended through implementation of a single-payer system which would cover people, aid in eliminating medical debt, and encourage people to take care of