Is universal healthcare un-American?

Answer 1

Not at all, what is un-American is for insurance company's to spread misinformation in order to protect their billion dollar profits. U.H.C. would be right for this country on many levels. All you have to do is a little research to find this out. Currently there are 45 million people without access to affordable health care. The United States ranks number 1 in cost and 14th in quality, everything we buy that is made in this country by company's that provide health care to its employees has an added cost tacked on to pay for this. In effect you are paying for this every time you buy something. This also has the effect of American company's moving off shore taking their jobs with them in order to compete in a global economy. That's leading to more people without adequate health coverage. .

Answer 2

If you mean does it go against the very values upon which this country was founded, YES. Two reasons:

1) State will make more of the decisions concerning individual citizens' healthcare.

2) State will force some citizens to pay for other people's healthcare.

Answer 3

Currently in the United States there are many outdated, inefective, and wasteful systems. The American taxpayer is being scammed, robbed, and basically taken advantage of. We are fighting wars in several countries at our expense. We are paying with the blood and money of the American tax payer, yet here in the United States we can not take care of our own.
If you had a swimming pool that leaked, you would surely fix it. Our current health care billing system is in such disarray, that it needs to be torn down and rebuilt. Emergency rooms and hospitals are closing because of mounting unpaid medical costs. Before all other issues, Americans have the right to quality affordable health care. The time has come for universal health care.
The Commonwealth study found that the percentage of individuals earning less than $20,000 a year without insurance rose to 53 percent. This increased from 49 percent in 2001. Overall, the percentage of people without insurance rose to 28 percent in 2005. About 45.8 million Americans did not have health insurance in 2004, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Almost 7 million Californians are uninsured. Forty-one percent of adults with incomes between $20,000 and $40,000 a year did not have health insurance. The percentage of businesses offering health benefits to their workers dropped to 60 percent in 2005 from 69 percent in 2000. From these figures it is clear our pool has more than a leak, it has a gapping hole.
For those Americans who are currently insured, thirty-percent of their monies paid out goes to non-medical expenses. This money goes to the insurance companies, investors, and lawyers. Oh did I mention that after these insured American’s retire, or become unable to pay premiums they no longer are covered by private insurance. Guess who pays then, that would be Medicare, Medicaid, and basically the American tax payer.
If every American was covered by universal health care, as our neighbors to the north, all monies paid into national insurance would be for the health of our country. I’m sure the insurance companies, lawyers, and investors will find another source of income. Businesses and individuals would be the entities that would prosper. The medical community could concentrate on health, and not have to worry about administrative foes that plague the current system.
Most Americans who retire or they no longer are able to work, end up on some form of government subsidized health insurance. What has happened to the premiums that have been paid for some thirty to fifty years? I can make no sense of the current health insurance system.
A person works their entire work life paying insurance premiums, and then when they need health insurance they are shuffled over to Medicare and the like. The baby boomer generation is beginning its role as the elderly. This means the elderly population will be the largest ever per capita. In 1950 there were 12.3 million people over the age of 65. In the year 2000 there was 35 million, and it is projected to be 80 million people over 65 in 2040.
The National Center of Health Statistics reports the United States spends more on health care than any other country.
Less than half the money paid out for health cost is done by private insurance. If the system is left status-quo it will surely fail. This challenge to reform the current billing system in the United States, will take unity and conviction on the part of the American Voter.

Answer 4

Universal health care is contrary to the principles of capitalism. So is insurance. So are all of our social welfare programs. We have moved from a strictly capitalist country to a mixture of capitalism and socialism. Does that make it un-American? I don't think so. I think that the ability to progress and adapt is uniquely American.

Answer 5

technically un democratic and un capitalistic....however, since we are a nation based on christian and compassionate values, a safety net for the unfortunate is allowed...funded by the taxpayers and companies that are lucky enough to be here...this helps them by providing a healthy workforce....

Answer 6

For some it is un-American. To them it is okay for a health insurer to jack up people premiums over 100% in one year

Answer 7

How would it be paid for? A big tax increase, of course. Is this what you want?