Should a government provide health care to its citizens?

Question

why or why not?

Answer 1

im sick of people saying that universal health care will give us a 50% tax rate. where do you get your information? listen closely.... what i pay right now for health insurance is about $80 a month. any increase in my taxes to pay for universal health care would be well below that figure. well below. and this isnt even considering the fact that the US has the means to support a heatlh care system without even raising taxes. its just that the majority of our taxes are spent on defense. we could spend 80% of what we currently spend on the military and still have the largest military in the world, by far. the other 20% would be enough for a health care system. no tax increase.

Answer 2

They should make sure that affordable health care is available. There are alot of hard working people that barely get by on their paychecks having health care that's not going to take the little bit of money they have to spend at the end of the week would really help. The price of health care today is ridiculous. On top of medication and doctor's visits some end up paying more for those two then thier health care and when you don't have alot to begin with just think how bad it is after paying all that.

Answer 3

Please remember that no government in the world provides free health care for its citizens. They take the money from their citizens and turn it around into health care. So if you want outrageous taxes, maybe you want government controlled health care.

Since government controlled resources are finite, government controlled health care leads to waiting lists and prioritizing of who is worthy of getting the health care. So if you don't mind waiting a year for that kidney transplant AND if you are not over 60 which puts you at the bottom of the list AND you are a productive member of society (i.e., you have a job), then maybe you want government controlled health care.

Answer 4

I think it's really efficient. I live in Belgium and have lived in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands they have been privatising alot in Health Care (not as much as in the US though) and people are really dissatisfied. In Belgium a basic health care is guaranteed for every citizen (illegal or legal). This is a very humane system.

It has not been proven yet that privatising health care will save costs. What it will do is serve inequality, and a bigger gap between rich and poor, fortunate and unfortunate.

I think a combination of privatised health care with control from government instances to provide the basics to everybody is the best of both worlds.

Answer 5

Yes, Yes, Yes! It is completely ridiculous that we are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide universal health care. I am so sick of hearing people say "I don't want my tax $ going to some lazy person". Come on, do you people really think the only people who can't afford health care are lazy? There are lots of hard working families that just barley make ends meet and can't afford health care. People act like they would be paying more money in taxes for universal health care then they pay for their current health care, which is completely wrong, it would actually save those people money. I think that anyone who doesn't want universal health care because they are afraid that they may be supporting a few lazy people out there who take advantage of the system, even though they are helping tons of hard working families, is a mean spirited person.

Answer 6

No. It's inefficient when compared with privatized health care.

Also, why should the government spend its money on citizens that are worthless. Example: a citizen spends his savings on a new car when he can't afford health insurance; that's his own fault, and the government shouldn't provide care for someone so irresponsible.

Answer 7

extremely, what would nicely be extra important than the actual health of a rustic's electorate? there's a lot communicate about how which will nicely be executed, and many lawsuits about who would ought to pay for it. yet all of it boils right down to one element...with out health, someone has not some thing. I see it as an inalienable good for any citizen interior a democratic and loose society to have their health cared for with the help of their u . s .. The politics of ways that's executed may be said at a later time, besides the indisputable fact that the moral answer is definite...a authorities elected in with the help of the human beings might want to take care of the human beings...first and proper!

Answer 8

I don't know about government provide health care, but it would sure be nice to see some kind of health care reform. the costs of health care has nearly doubled in the last five years..... Incomes are not keeping up with spiraling costs in health care, college tuition, and other areas.

Answer 9

I believe they should cuz it's not like they have 50 more years of medical bills for the government to worry about money.Unfortunately thats how they think .They believe that it's a waste of money because they feel when your elderly that it's wasting the governments money on people who r going to die soon anyway.As far as for everyone I think they should here in canada it's great and nothing bad has happened with it working this way .I think it's cruel and I wouldn't want to be a doctor and have to turn someone away when very ill cuz they don't have enough or no money god i would end up broke cuz i just couldn't do that to people.To me it's is cruel for people to not get medical help i think everyone should get it anywhere.

Answer 10

If a government can afford it then yes but if a government can';t afford everyone then it provides to all citizens that don't have jobs with that benefit.