The Pros And Cons Of Scandinavian Governments

Free things are great, right? Well imagine having a free education, as well as free health care whenever one was sick! All our country needs to do is give management of these things to the government, and problems solved, which is what some modern people are beginning to rally for. A younger demographic has taken American politics and economics by storm, this demographic leading with the notion that the extremely generous social-welfare programs put in by Scandinavian governments--specifically Norway, Sweden, and Denmark--would transform this capitalist scourge of a country into a paradise where everything is free and one has the security of things such as free healthcare guaranteed to them by these governments. Though the consequences of such

The government should not be in control of our necessities, as this causes drastic tax rises, people paying for education they never received, as well as people even dying due to poorly managed health care.

People find comfort in security, and the Scandinavian governments provide this security with government funding, which goes towards things that come free to people, such as free healthcare and education, and who does not want that? “Everything is free,” you might hear one say if asked why these systems seem like a good idea in theory, as in free education, where one essentially gets a free ride for their advanced education (Larabell). And why wouldn’t they? The Scandinavian countries are based around the equal opportunity for education, regardless of your gender or skin colour, which means that in order to establish such an equal playing field, the government funds this system, ensuring that everyone can jump at the chance of a higher education. Most Americans, while associating free healthcare with Canada, could very much say the same about the

Well, this freedom of healthcare comes at a price, because like the students and their free college, people will jump at the opportunity to get a free checkup whenever they can, and even with a room full of seriously ill people, the waiting time for people to even see a general practitioner is so congested that people would rather switch to a private insurance and be back to work sooner than later, as the “free” alternative would have it (Larabell). With such a congested waiting line to get necessary health care, the consequences for some can be deadly, as they are essentially being slowly killed by this system. The excuse of “they all get covered” is actually far more fallible than once thought. Those with a serious condition first need to see a general practitioner, which waiting times will have this process alone take weeks. When the practitioner is finished, he or she will refer the sick patient to an expert, and this process goes on, for a few more weeks at the presumably least (Larabell). This process of referral after referral leaves people dying one after another, all due to the fact that doctors are so busy dealing with people who do not have as serious as an illness, so by the time the patient has a chance to get actual help, they might as