Pros And Cons Of Universal Healthcare

Over the last few decades, insurance companies have spiked their coverage rates and many citizens found themselves being dropped from their coverage plan, as well as having to pay too much money out of pocket to be seen by a physician. Many people are then left underinsured or uninsured. These problems have sparked the topic of a move towards universal health care coverage in the United States. The universal health care system provides health care coverage to all citizens in a country. Many countries, like Canada and Sweden, have universal health care systems, and the United States is one of the few industrialized countries that do not. There are many benefits as well as disadvantages of this system.

The leading argument for universal

Universal Health care would eliminate the cost of monthly doctor visits, prescription refills, and emergency medical services. It would also greatly reduce some costs of surgery. This can be seen as an extreme benefit, especially for those who cannot afford those costs now. The opposing argument is that universal health care is also extremely expensive, and has to be paid for by a high tax rate. According to “Why Americans Can’t Have Universal Health Care Like Europeans”, countries with universal health care have a tax rate of about 45%. In America today, even our highest socioeconomic class, the upper class, only has a tax rate of about 27%. It is very unlikely that those in this class would support a higher tax rate for universal health insurance, when it is assumed that almost everyone in the upper class already can afford health insurance. So basically, the universal health care system would be asking for the richest in American to double their taxes in order to pay for everyone else’s healthcare. With the conservative republican mindset in our capitalist economy, it is very unlikely for this to happen. As much as I don’t agree with this, it is a valid economic

To explain more, according to “Universal Health Care: Lessons From the British” this would mean that patients would have to wait longer to see a doctor, because universal health care would increase the patient pool dramatically. It is also believed that because doctors would receive a dramatically lower salary, and therefore have a low morale and this could affect how they treat patients. This is actually a side of universal health care that most people would agree with. Many people would want to see a doctor in a timely matter, so this could dramatically affect many citizens. The counterargument for this view against universal health care would be a moral one. At least with universal health care a patient could see a doctor. Even if the previously uninsured citizen had to wait a month to see a doctor, at least they could see one whereas before, they could not. This is a valid moral