Universal Health-Care Will this Policy Benefit the United States? By Matthew Lokant.

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Universal Health-Care Will this Policy Benefit the United States? By Matthew Lokant

Universal Health Care (UHC) ●Government system enacted to ensure all citizens have access to medical services ●Covers medicine, lodging, outpatient care, medical equipment, etc ●Funding Sources: ➤ Taxation ➤ Levies ➤ Private Payment

●Government Payroll ➤ Great Britain & Spain ●Public Health Insurance ➤ Canada & Norway ●Sickness Funds ➤ France & Germany UHC Around the World universal-health-care-americas-still-not-on-it/259153/

●Progressive Era (around 1900) - state decisions ●1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt - socialism concerns History in the United States

Supporting UHC ●Declaration of Independence - Right to “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness” ●United States Constitution - Promote “the general welfare” Rights Supporting UHC

Supporting UHC ●Do not need bank information, social status, or health status ●Over 45 million uninsured persons in the United States Quantity of Patients

Excessive Health-care Spending Supporting UHC ●U.S. spends too much in comparison

Supporting UHC ●Companies are Major Health Insurance Provider o 59.5% of Americans ●New Businesses o Estimated 33% Increase Privately-Owned Businesses

Supporting UHC ●Saving Factors o Lower Administrative Costs o Prescription Drug Savings Affordable Health-Care

Supporting UPC ●Federal Funding o Injury and Illness o Elderly Care Veteran Care

Supporting UHC ●Existing Systems o Use as Blueprints ●Population Differences Template for UHC

Against UHC ●Declaration of Independence - No right to health-care. ●Constitution - Promote general welfare, not provide it Rights Not Supporting UHC

Against UHC ●Shortage of 63,000 doctors in ●In 2013, England had a practicing doctor to person ratio of 2.71 to Shortage of Doctors

Against UHC ●Excessive Waiting (2012) o 9.4% of Medicaid o 4.2% of Private Insurance ●Specialist Wait Time (2014) o Canada Weeks o U.S Days Wait Time for Services

Against UHC ●Controlled Distribution ●Limited Medicine/Prescriptions Government Rationing

Against UHC ●Five-Year Cancer Survival Rate o U.S % o Europe % ●Rural Populations Slighted o Money Distributed According to Population Lower Quality

Against UHC ●Less Earnings in Other Countries o England - 50% less o Canada - 30% less ●Less Incentives for New Doctors New Doctors

Against UHC ●More people to insure ●Adding less healthy people ●Estimates of % increase in premiums Insurance Spikes

Against UHC ●Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology o Fast Growing Industries o Less Incentives with UHC ●Doctor Competition universal-health-care-in-the-united-states.php Loss of Innovation

Summary ●UHC has Pros and Cons ●U.S. Decisions ➢ Best for Long-Run ➢ Financially Sound