Socialized healthcare (Socialized Medicine or Universal Healthcare) is a system where the government pays for everyone's healthcare by using the citizen's taxes. Otto Von Bismark started the first form of Universal Healthcare system in 1889 but the process was not completed until Adolf Hitler imposed the system on Germany as part of the Nazification on their healthcare system. When Bismark adopted a socialized healthcare system it was a way to introduce some of Marxim's ideas. Since then the socialized healthcare system was being adopted into socialist and communist countries until recently when it was brought into healthcare systems in different forms and was able to be present while not taking over the country's whole healthcare system. While
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According to the article "How Much Universal Healthcare Would Cost in the US" by Ryan Whitacker, having a socialized medicine system would cost an additional $562 billion in taxes to cover the government spending (Whitacker 1). Increasing the country's already high-priced taxes would cause an increase in problems like evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness due to people originally entering mortgages or rental contracts while being able to afford them and would no longer have the funds to keep up with monthly payments. If landlords cannot afford to pay taxes or their mortgages they would lose the rental units and the government would seize the property and auction it at a sheriff sale. High taxes can lead to a higher poverty and crime rate. Since people wouldn't be able to live on their income the poverty rate would skyrocket and make them rely on government programs. Many poor people that can't find jobs would turn to crimes to support themselves and their families. These are just some of the outcomes of high taxes, the list goes …show more content…
According to the article "This is the Real Reason Britain Won't Release Alfie Evans to Italy" by Kira Davis, baby Alfie Evans died because the NHS (National Health Services) and the courts wouldn't let his parents transfer him to a hospital in Rome where all the required expenses would be paid for by Italy (Davis 1). The hospital did not let Evans go because he "most likely will not live much longer due to an incurable condition". This was an infringement on Evan's and his parents' right to leave the country for seeking treatment in another place. Evans "was forcibly removed from his breathing devices but continues to breathe on his own. The NHS and the courts would not even allow Alfie to go home with his parents" (Davis 1). Their reasoning is not logical because it would cost them less money to release Evans to his parents or Italy for care. Although the condition was incurable the hospital and court should not be the one to decide whether the patient goes home or flies to another country to seek further
According to the article "How Much Universal Healthcare Would Cost in the US" by Ryan Whitacker, having a socialized medicine system would cost an additional $562 billion in taxes to cover the government spending (Whitacker 1). Increasing the country's already high-priced taxes would cause an increase in problems like evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness due to people originally entering mortgages or rental contracts while being able to afford them and would no longer have the funds to keep up with monthly payments. If landlords cannot afford to pay taxes or their mortgages they would lose the rental units and the government would seize the property and auction it at a sheriff sale. High taxes can lead to a higher poverty and crime rate. Since people wouldn't be able to live on their income the poverty rate would skyrocket and make them rely on government programs. Many poor people that can't find jobs would turn to crimes to support themselves and their families. These are just some of the outcomes of high taxes, the list goes …show more content…
According to the article "This is the Real Reason Britain Won't Release Alfie Evans to Italy" by Kira Davis, baby Alfie Evans died because the NHS (National Health Services) and the courts wouldn't let his parents transfer him to a hospital in Rome where all the required expenses would be paid for by Italy (Davis 1). The hospital did not let Evans go because he "most likely will not live much longer due to an incurable condition". This was an infringement on Evan's and his parents' right to leave the country for seeking treatment in another place. Evans "was forcibly removed from his breathing devices but continues to breathe on his own. The NHS and the courts would not even allow Alfie to go home with his parents" (Davis 1). Their reasoning is not logical because it would cost them less money to release Evans to his parents or Italy for care. Although the condition was incurable the hospital and court should not be the one to decide whether the patient goes home or flies to another country to seek further