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Healthcare sector is one of the complex systems that various governments have continually made reforms to ensure equitable access. The capitalists and the socialists have shaped the healthcare sector through ideologies that have lead to creation and implementation of regulations to reduce excess of these approaches. The capitalists view healthcare as a commodity that individuals must purchase. The socialists view healthcare as a fundamental rights that every citizen is entitled to access. Healthcare is a universal right that every individual has the right to access. The US healthcare sector has undergone gradual changes to ensure that the healthcare sector improves the quality of life of its citizens
The socialists view healthcare as fundamental right the every person is entitled. According to the socialists, the government is the central organizing organ. The government is responsible for planning and distributing healthcare services among its citizens. This approach provides an equitable distribution of healthcare resources among its citizens. The socialist give priority to the wellbeing of individuals because it ensures productivity (Morone & Jacobs 2015). This approach does not encourage individuals to be dependent on the state but rather ensure quality of life that result in independence among individuals. It ensures a collective good for the population rather than individuals.
In 2014, the Obamacare act was implemented after decades of attempts to reform healthcare (Levesque, Harris, & Russell, 2013). The main goal of Obamacare act was implemented to reduce the cost of health care services. The act provides subsidies that ensure that the citizens can afford health insurance. The act emphasizes on preventive care that are provided at zero cost. They include domestic violence screening, chronic diseases management and treatment for children. The act also emphasizes on the quality of health care delivery. This ensures that health care providers are accountable on their practices through the Accountable Care Organization (Thompson, 2015).
I concur with the socialist view in making health care system affordable by every citizen. The approach ensures a collective responsibility in ensuring the wellbeing of the population. Although socialism has failed indifferent sectors, it’s contribution to making healthcare universally accessible. By ensuring the wellbeing of the society, the productivity is increased. The healthcare system must be patient centric to ensure that quality services are provided. Capitalism on the other hand does not consider the wellbeing of the patients rather, a business transaction where the patient purchases the service. The unregulated markets could result in low quality and expensive services. The interest of the two viewpoints differs and therefore the government is responsible in making regulations to ensure that the excess of private sector is contained. The quality, cost and accessibility of healthcare services should be equal to all citizens.
References
In Thompson, T. (2015). The Affordable Care Act.
Levesque, J. F., Harris, M. F., & Russell, G. (2013). Patient-centred access to health care: conceptualising access at the interface of health systems and populations. International journal for equity in health, 12(1), 18.
Morone, J. A., & Jacobs, L. R. (2015). Healthy, wealthy, and fair: Healthcare and the good society. New York: Oxford University Press.
