Social Security & Medicare

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1 September 2007

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War on the Middle Class

Within the United States of America , there are several members of the society - in both the civilian and political areas - which believe that the Bush administration is actively fighting a war against the middle class American . The policies which have been created since the beginning of the Bush administration in January of 2001 have been perceived to favor the wealthy at the cost of the middle class . The tax cuts which have

been passed by the Republican congress over the past six years favor the wealthy , nearly , to the point of impropriety if not illegality

The Clinton administration is not free from accusation on this issue either . The passing of NAFTA (The North American Free Trade Agreement is blamed for costing several hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs since it was signed . Also , the lack of health care for the majority of Middle Class Americans is seen as a possibly deliberate move against them . While the United States enjoys the highest qualities of health care and the highest per-person spending average of any other country nearly half of the nation has little or no access to it

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 it over priced , and by many accounts , ineffective

There are several issues which need to be addressed in remedy the poor status of American health care . Among the key issues 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 . 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 of this 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

In 2004 , the cost of American health care rose 7 .9 - more...