Essay- Free Health Care

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Free Health Care

If I could change one thing about my nation, I would free health care and other health related services. This is because I believe that good health is a human right like the right to vote and free thought. Free health care is not something that should be demanded, and instead it should be provided with minimal objections (Joseph 1). Accordingly, the issue of freeing health care has been the center of debates in academic, medical, and political circles. Whereas most people support the provision of free health care, others believe that health care services are economically demanding and for that reason need to be paid for. Before proceeding in support of this argument, it is crucial that the opponents’ views are examined so as to provide a clear and concise counter argument.

Opponents of this idea may argue that freeing healthcare is not a viable decision especially in relation to the costs incurred and organizational competition. Additionally opponents may also argue that the quality of health care will be compromised as a result of freeing health care (Gwatkins 13). With the increasing population numbers especially in the US, and the current recession that has seen plenty of people losing access to a stable income, I believe that freeing healthcare will assist citizens in their daily lives. It is estimated that the USA is home to over 46 million individuals, most of whom come from average and low income backgrounds. Freeing health care will enable families that could not afford health care services have the ability to attain these services with ease (Joseph 6). Most state citizens attain health care services through their organizations of employment, with those who are not employed being forced to cover for their health care expenses.

Accordingly, freeing health care services will help reduce the burden related to high expenses for businesses and individuals. This would in turn assure individuals of more savings which will be translated to better lives. Freeing health care will demand the establishment of a federal medical database, which will sequentially make the diagnosis and treatment process easier for doctors (Gwatkins 15). Accordingly, this will guarantee that patients receive proper treatment for their ailments unlike the opponents’ beliefs that freeing health care will reduce the quality of health care services that patients will receive. All patients will have their medical data stored in the central database, making it easy for them to access medical services from any medical facility with ease (Messerli 1). Additionally, freeing medical services will also encourage patients to engage in preventative health care treatment. Notably, most people prefer making a visit to their doctors and health care providers after a health problem has persisted. This, therefore, means that the illness has progressed into the later stages, hence has become serious and detrimental to the patient. Because some diseases such as cancer become worse at the later stages, the possibility of death is higher the more the disease remains untreated.

With access to free health care, patients can take advantage of these services to look for treatment in the early stages of sickness. This will, in turn, assure the detection of health problems early hence better health for all (Gwatkins 19). Freeing health care services will also allow medical practitioners to focus on treating patients, as opposed to, matters related to insurance and malpractice liability. Most medical practitioners today have been accused of putting more emphasis on matters that are related to payment instead of the healing process for patients. Doctors and medical professionals have been accused of being money oriented, which has in turn affected their performance.

Sequentially, patients end up being misdiagnosed, with others facing possible mortality because their respective medical attendants are too focused on payment rather than healing (Joseph 14). Some severe cases of this occurrence have seen patients die before admission just because they could not afford the admission fees or medical fees to cover other services. Conclusively, freeing health care will also eliminate all improvident inefficiencies related to paper work and medical recording including duplicate paper work, and insurance submission among other things (Messerli 1). This also eases hospital procedures, especially in relation to retrieving patient medical records. Freeing health care reduces the amount of manual paper work in hospitals, which saves time and assures patient of quick treatment during and after hospital admission.

Irrespective of the various criticisms regarding the provision of free health care, I believe that freeing health care is the next step to better living for individuals in society today. All governments and nations focus their national strategies and activities towards national growth and development. However, this growth and development cannot be attained without human labor and productivity. To assure all nations of this productivity and input, governments should, therefore, consider the possibility of providing free health care for its citizens. Free health care will ensure that every member of society is health and fit to work towards the country’s growth and development growth (Joseph 21). I, therefore, believe that all health care services should be freed, to ensure access by all individuals.

Work Cited

Gwatkin, Davidson R. Are Free Government Health Services The Best Way To Reach The Poor?

HNP Discussion Paper, 2004. Print.

Joseph P. Newhouse and the Insurance Experiment Group. Free for All? Lessons from the RAND

Health Experiment. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993. Print.

Messerli, Joe. Should the Government Provide Free Universal Health Care for All Americans?

balancedpolitics.org, 6 November 2011. Web. 10 November 2011.