Health care reform

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Universal Healthcare

Reform

Introduction

One of the most disparaging aspects of the United States is the current situation regarding health care . Unlike all other major nations of the world , the United States does not have universal health care , the health care it does have is over priced , and by many accounts , ineffective . The following will discuss the position that the United States current health care is not up to the standards that are due as a right of citizenship

. The United States health care system needs to change into a universal health care system . The following will highlight aspects of how the current health care in the United States is far from perfect and in what areas it is lacking in providing quality health care to its citizens

American Health Care System

America 's current health care system is appalling . Among the key issues that make this former sentence true are the current laws regarding the development and pricing of medication , the lack of access of a large section of Americans to quality and necessary health care the lack of federally subsidized treatment options and the high price placed on health care in general . Each of these areas make it difficult for a citizen to maintain proper health in the United States . Another major problem regarding health care in the United States is that , while our nation spends more actual dollars on health care , the American public as a whole is less healthy than those nations which spend only a fraction of that amount

One example that highlights the fact of poor health care in the United States is seen in the comparison of the United States with the life expectancy of Japan . While Japan spends an average of about 2000 per person , per year , they see a life expectancy of more than eighty one years . In the year 2000 , the United States spent , on average , more than 4500 per person per year , yet only sees an average life expectancy of seventy seven years . This same survey reveals that Cuba , the nation which spent the least amount of money on national health care has an overall life expectancy almost equal to that of the Untied States . In fact , the majority of nations surveyed , all of which spend substantially less than the United States , have substantially higher overall health conditions (University of California ) From these statistics it may be surmised that America 's priority has been elsewhere in regards to universal health care . These statistics further support the argument that the US should initiate a program of universal health care because of the mortality rate increasing and life expectancy decreasing

This disparity illustrates the problem that faces the United States health care system - as well as one of the more popular misconceptions about the cause of its inadequacy . As a nation , the United States spends almost 50 more per person per year than its closest competitor , yet many Americans feel that...