The Pros And Cons Of Universal Health Care

Many people are concerned about the problems that could arise with the implementation of a universal health care program. Some people believe that such a program could greatly benefit the US, while others feel that the cons significantly outweigh any kind of pro that could come with such a program. In order to benefit everyone, we must understand the complexity of the universal health care issue, including the history and overtime changes, in order to thoughtfully implement the best solution: to slowly implement it while ironing out any wrinkles that may arise. Some people believe that taxes would rise, and medical innovation would slow down tremendously, while others feel such downsides are nothing compared to the benefits it provides. Reasons

But other disparities remain, and some have worsened, especially for the poor and uninsured population in many categories. This shows that the level of treatment for those that are uninsured has taken a turn for the worse. However, the numbers of uninsured people has been on a slow decline since 2019. Going from 10.9% in 2019 to 10.2% in 2021 to 9.6% in 2022, hitting an all-time low of 7.7% in early 2023. Looking at the changes that have occurred throughout the lifetime of the healthcare system helps everyone understand the changes that should be made to transition into universal health care. For example, “about 74 percent is covered by private health insurance”. This means that, ever since the 1980s, the majority of people have used privately owned health care plans usually offered by the workspace. Also, “For all its success, France has its problems, most notably cost control, including difficulty affording new technology, expensive pharmaceuticals, and treatment of an aging population”. This shows that even countries that have universal health care still have their own problems that the US healthcare system

For example, would be the medical for all act(M4A). This a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by John Conyers in 2003 with 38 co-sponsors.M4A would establish a single payer universal health care system similar to that of Canada's Medicare. In fact, with the newest version of the bill proposed by Pramila Jayapal in 2019, the majority of the funding would come from taxes replacing insurance premiums, the end of insurance company overhead, and hospital billing costs as seen in“ The national system would be paid for in part through taxes replacing insurance premiums, but also by savings realized through the provision of preventive universal health care and the elimination of insurance company overhead and hospital billing costs''. This means that they are actively looking for alternative ways to fund the bill without increasing the people's taxes by a larger margin than what we have today. Also, the US wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary administrative costs, all health care profits instead of the care of the patients as seen by “The healthcare industry is worth $808 billion in the United States as of