Americans Right to Healthcare
My paper will be digging into the pros and cons of the right for US Citizens to have healthcare. Proponents of the right to healthcare argue that a right to healthcare would end medical bankruptcies, improve the overall public health, reduce the overall cost of healthcare, and it would make healthcare an essential government service. According to the US Census Bureau, “33 million people in the United States (10.4% of the US population) did not have health insurance in 2014” (census gov. Sep 2015). There are on 3 countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) that do not have some sort of universal healthcare. The opposing side states that the right to healthcare amounts to socialism and that it should be the citizens responsibility to obtain healthcare, not the government. If the government were to control healthcare, it would decrease the quality of healthcare.
I chose this topic due to the changes that have been made since President Trump has taken office. I am one person that has been very uneducated about both Obamacare and now Trumpcare. I have had free healthcare from the Veterans Affairs Healthcare Administration which could not last forever. My nine-month-old son also benefits from Medicaid, and there have been several changes made to the access. It’s an ongoing issue that almost every American needs to be made aware of the changes. My target audience will be the general public. Not to convince anyone of what side they should be on, but rather present historical data relating to the two different plans. Challenges that I will face while writing my paper is attempting to remain unbiased. In conducting research on this type of topic, it is easy let emotions get in the way of simply educating the reader.
References
US Census Bureau, "Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2014," census.gov, Sep. 2015
Wilke, J. (2013, November 18). Majority in U.S. Say Healthcare Not Gov't Responsibility. Retrieved January 28, 2018, from http://news.gallup.com/poll/165917/majority-say-healthcare-not-gov-responsibility.aspx
Derickson, A. (2002). “Health for Three-Thirds of the Nation”. American Journal of Public Health,92(2), 180-190. doi:10.2105/ajph.92.2.180