Overview
When talking about healthcare, the most important discussion is usually in regards to the cost of the healthcare, quality of the healthcare, and most importantly, how to pay for it. Affordable, quality, and reliable are all things our healthcare should be, no matter what your situation. From nurses who have to watch patients drown in debt, to the people who have not gone to the doctor when they needed to, we must bring attention to the most prevalent issues in health care. Do you know how many people in our country are currently without health care? How does our healthcare plan differ from plans in other countries? How could we use Canada's health care system to ensure ours will work? What kind of health care plan would be most beneficial to the people of America? What kinds of issues should be considered when discussing the type of plan that best suits us? As you are reading, keep in mind these questions as well as the various challenges that different Americans face that impact their access to health care.
Healthcare is a topic that impacts everyone. Everyone should have a perspective and opinion on it because everyone needs it. Around two months ago a rally took place in Sacramento, California. Groups of people gathered and chanted for healthcare for everyone. Among this population was nurses and doctors. This is a very important perspective in the debate over healthcare. Nurses want healthcare to actually be up to them and doctors “not insurance companies.” Obviously the people in those fields are heavily involved in healthcare. Not only are they citizens, themselves, receiving health care but they are in the job market that pertains to it. A big question would be how we pay for healthcare to be free to everyone? We could take after Canada, who simply uses personal income and corporate taxes to fund their universal health care.Certain health care plans, although made to help those struggling financially, still aren’t accessible enough. The government would have much more control over medicine if healthcare covered everyone. However, would it still be worth it in the long run for the people?
From people below the poverty line and those who could never afford healthcare, to the richest of the rich that have the best care possible, any healthcare plan would affect them differently. How would a basic health care plan for someone struggling financially impact someone who is considered to be higher class? An example of those not lucky enough to afford health care is Alicia Facchino. She has Multiple Sclerosis and is uninsured, meaning her kids, just 10 and 12, are forced to take care of her. She is just 1 of 44 million Americans who doesn't have health insurance. How would you feel if you had to be your mother's home nurse, at the young age of 10, because she can't afford to pay the cost of her care for a disease that's not her fault?
In the last decade, health care policy has made quite an appearance in politics, especially through the means of mass media, and social media. Since the affordable care act being put into place during Obama’s presidency, there has been extreme controversy from both sides of the spectrum about how to deal with health care. For the most part, the two major political parties are divided. From the Democratic viewpoint, most agree that the affordable healthcare act, known as Obamacare, should be modified to fit our changing needs. On the other side of the spectrum, many Republicans believe that Obamacare is ineffective and should be totally abolished and replaced with a new system of managing. Despite the controversy, we can agree that healthcare is extremely important, and there are are many questions we need to ask ourselves when discussing how important healthcare is. How are you personally affected by health care? Why do we pay so much more for medication than other first world countries? Will we see a new system in the near future? How will the people of our nation be affected by the major changes in a sensitive area? The answer is nowhere near definite, nor the same for everyone. The only guarantee is that healthcare will be talked about by our policymakers in the near future.
Healthcare is clearly not going to be ignored. As a matter of fact, this March Donald Trump had proposed his most recent plan to replace the current system of healthcare. His plan entailed many policies and changes that are, in fact, quite polar opposites from the current plan that is in place. Some of these policies include, cutting taxes for the wealthy, adding requirements to medicaid and medicare, and allowing the states to have more power in choosing their funding options. The first of many proposals to come was rejected by Congress. Many parts of the Trump plan had revisions that many Democratic and even Republican congressmen and congresswomen found to be illogical. Furthermore, according to CNN, the plan included cuts on many different budgets as well, such as a 1 billion budget cut for the Center for Disease Control, and cuts on Planned Parenthood, which millions of Americans benefit from. However, the proposal had planned to expand funding to many local health care facilities nonetheless. Nobody knows which side is correct, and there are many questions to consider when making a judgement on the new policy. Does it allow all Americans to be covered? Do the budget cuts allow money to be spent more effectively? Where can there be compromise? Nobody knows the answer, and until we see change, health care policy will simply be a broken record. Repeating itself until there is a new plan.
Healthcare is a topic that impacts everyone. Everyone should have a perspective and opinion on it because everyone needs it. Around two months ago a rally took place in Sacramento, California. Groups of people gathered and chanted for healthcare for everyone. Among this population was nurses and doctors. This is a very important perspective in the debate over healthcare. Nurses want healthcare to actually be up to them and doctors “not insurance companies.” Obviously the people in those fields are heavily involved in healthcare. Not only are they citizens, themselves, receiving health care but they are in the job market that pertains to it. A big question would be how we pay for healthcare to be free to everyone? We could take after Canada, who simply uses personal income and corporate taxes to fund their universal health care.Certain health care plans, although made to help those struggling financially, still aren’t accessible enough. The government would have much more control over medicine if healthcare covered everyone. However, would it still be worth it in the long run for the people?
From people below the poverty line and those who could never afford healthcare, to the richest of the rich that have the best care possible, any healthcare plan would affect them differently. How would a basic health care plan for someone struggling financially impact someone who is considered to be higher class? An example of those not lucky enough to afford health care is Alicia Facchino. She has Multiple Sclerosis and is uninsured, meaning her kids, just 10 and 12, are forced to take care of her. She is just 1 of 44 million Americans who doesn't have health insurance. How would you feel if you had to be your mother's home nurse, at the young age of 10, because she can't afford to pay the cost of her care for a disease that's not her fault?
In the last decade, health care policy has made quite an appearance in politics, especially through the means of mass media, and social media. Since the affordable care act being put into place during Obama’s presidency, there has been extreme controversy from both sides of the spectrum about how to deal with health care. For the most part, the two major political parties are divided. From the Democratic viewpoint, most agree that the affordable healthcare act, known as Obamacare, should be modified to fit our changing needs. On the other side of the spectrum, many Republicans believe that Obamacare is ineffective and should be totally abolished and replaced with a new system of managing. Despite the controversy, we can agree that healthcare is extremely important, and there are are many questions we need to ask ourselves when discussing how important healthcare is. How are you personally affected by health care? Why do we pay so much more for medication than other first world countries? Will we see a new system in the near future? How will the people of our nation be affected by the major changes in a sensitive area? The answer is nowhere near definite, nor the same for everyone. The only guarantee is that healthcare will be talked about by our policymakers in the near future.
Healthcare is clearly not going to be ignored. As a matter of fact, this March Donald Trump had proposed his most recent plan to replace the current system of healthcare. His plan entailed many policies and changes that are, in fact, quite polar opposites from the current plan that is in place. Some of these policies include, cutting taxes for the wealthy, adding requirements to medicaid and medicare, and allowing the states to have more power in choosing their funding options. The first of many proposals to come was rejected by Congress. Many parts of the Trump plan had revisions that many Democratic and even Republican congressmen and congresswomen found to be illogical. Furthermore, according to CNN, the plan included cuts on many different budgets as well, such as a 1 billion budget cut for the Center for Disease Control, and cuts on Planned Parenthood, which millions of Americans benefit from. However, the proposal had planned to expand funding to many local health care facilities nonetheless. Nobody knows which side is correct, and there are many questions to consider when making a judgement on the new policy. Does it allow all Americans to be covered? Do the budget cuts allow money to be spent more effectively? Where can there be compromise? Nobody knows the answer, and until we see change, health care policy will simply be a broken record. Repeating itself until there is a new plan.