Essay On Single Payer Health Care

Almost any individual in the United States could argue the fact that medical care is far too expensive due to the country as a whole spending more on health care than any other developed nation in the world. More than half of Americans go bankrupt each year due to medical bills and three quarters of those do have health insurance. The reason for this is the multiple payer health care system that carries additional expenditures for things such as administrative costs and excessive profits making individuals unable to pay these bills. Continuing to be a hybrid between some being able to participate in a single payer, those in Medicare and Medicaid, and the rest either in a multiple payer system or nothing at all, will not solve this crisis. Health care transitioning into being a single-payer system, with the idea that quality health care is an inalienable right and not a privilege, is the only solution for all doctors to practice and patients to receive equal medical …show more content…
Each and every resident of the United States would be covered for any and all medically necessary services; doctor, hospital, preventive medicine, long-term care, mental health, reproductive health care, dental, vision, prescription drug and medical supply costs. The two would not be limited to who insurance companies tell them to see, which is also known as managed care. Many citizens are staying with their jobs they are not enjoying due to the company providing them health insurance. With the transition of single payer system, ‘people would not lose coverage when a change in their work or economic situation happens – say through a job loss or if their income diminishes in some other way’ (Bose). Single payer healthcare is not only the solution to medical freedom, but also career and financial freedom as