In my opinion, health care should be a right to all American citizens. I believe that it is the right thing to do based upon what this country was founded on and what our Founding Fathers would beleive in. We all have a right to live and live well and universal health care supports this right. Now, in high school I took Advanced Speech and one of our topic in that class was a debate against one another. In preparation for the debate, not only did we need to perfect our viewpoints on our topic, we also had to be familiar with our opponents viewpoint. So now I will look at the perks of our health care system the way it is now; a privelge.
Responsibility. This is the word I hear thrown around the most in class regarding students that feel health care is a privelege. I can see their point. If I as an individual work every day and earn my health care and pay for it on my own, then why should somebody who doesnt work nearly as hard as me have health care? Not only that; but, if we did have a universal health care system then my taxes would increase. Micahel Tanner also had some very interesting points in his essay found in our Universal Health Care book. With universal health care, those of us with good health insurance may be stripped of it. Tanner also said that with universal health care our treatments and procedures would be "cost effective." That doesnt sound very nice to me. So I could easily understand why many of our students, along with millions of other Americans, favor the way our health care system is now.
The Cleveland Clinic is located in Cuyahoga County, and yes it is the best hospital in the world. The Cleveland Clinic treats patients from all around the globe, but not everyone in Cuyahoga County is healthy. Why is that? Well from my understanding it has a lot to do with the citizens of Cuyahoga County not having health insurance. So just because the greatest hospital in the world is right down the road, does not mean that everyone can utilize it. Some people do have the option of being treated at the clinic, but those individuals may take a sever chance of being in great debt depending on the treatment/procedure they are looking for.
With health care, there are so many opposing views, just like abortion, religion, politics etc. No matter what happens with our health care system, not everyone will be fully satisfied.
"Not everyone will be fully satisfied", you are right on. No topic in life will be agreed on by everyone involved and there will always be multiple solutions to problems but it will always be a question as to which one is correct. I respect your view point on halthcare being a right and i respect your opinion. Your ability to explain the opposing view point is good because being able to explain why the opposing side may think the way that they do is key to understanding your own view better..
ReplyDeleteBrandon and Sierra,I completely agree with your statement that no one will ever be fully satisfied. There is always something that you can find wrong in anything, but to take into consideration everyone's thoughts is a great way to start getting closer to satisfying everyone.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that we all need to see the other side, in order to clearly see our own opinions. I feel there are many other factors, aside from not receiving free healthcare, as to why the residents of Cuyahoga County are considered "unhealthy" when they are right next to the Cleveland Clinic.
Hello Brandon
ReplyDeleteExcellent blog. I like how you noticed how access to the Clinic affects the health of the population. good work.