The Pros And Cons Of Universal Healthcare System

the week before this school year, my dad had a stroke and had to go to the hospital. He's overall fine now; however, he was there for 47 hours, and it cost around $98,000. It probably would have been more had he not been trying to get out the entire time. A problem with him trying to get out quicker was that he might not have fully recovered yet, and he could have had lower quality care because of it. Universal health care has been a hotly debated topic for years now because it is hard to implement and can be very expensive. However, the benefits of universal healthcare outweigh the costs. This piece of evidence shows the definition of universal healthcare. In essence, universal health coverage is the de facto acquisition of good health services

Determining the degree to which a nation’s healthcare is “universal” is complex and not a “black and white” issue. For example, government backing, public will, and basic financing structure, among many other factors, must be extensively considered. Evans: This shows us that it can be hard to describe and find out if a country is using a universal system or a completely different system. It also states that a lot of factors have to be considered to determine if a country is considered to be using a universal healthcare system. It is important to decide this before we start to find negatives in other systems. Some of the primarily non-universal healthcare systems in other countries are in developing countries, and this quote shows that wonderfully. Developing countries faced with aging populations and growing burdens of non-communicable diseases will find themselves increasingly challenged to close the gap between the demand for health spending and available public resources. World Bank. The World Bank. This shows that developed countries statistics cannot be used for every country, as developing countries face much worse problems than them. For example, developing countries have much less money per capita than developed countries, which makes it much harder for them to implement new things. Even things that would help their people greatly. So now you might be wondering: How much would it cost to implement universal healthcare in the United States? Well, believe it or not, it wouldn't cost as much as you would think. One proposal for universal healthcare recently pushed included options such as a 7.5% payroll tax plus a 4% income tax on all Americans, with higher-income citizens subjected to higher taxes" (Evans). Based on this alone, it makes more sense to use universal healthcare just because it would impoverish fewer people. Most people would