Week 7 Discussion Post 8 Document

Longbeforetakingthiscourse,Ihaveturnedtheargumentsforandagainstuniversalhealthcare

overmultipletimes,bothwithmyselfandwithothers.Thereareseveralreasonswhythere

continuestobesomuchpushbackregardingimplementinguniversalhealthcareforall

Americans.Therehavebeenseveralorganizationsthatopposeasingle-payerhealthinsurance

system,mostnotablytheAmericanMedicalAssociation(AMA).InJuneof2019,theAMA,which

isthelargestphysiciangroupinAmerica,advisedthattheUnitedStatesshouldcontinue

developingtheAffordableCareAct(ACA)toprovidehealthcoveragetothosegoingwithout

(Finnegan,2020).Pushbackcanalsoariseasamatterofpublicopinion;aswiththeever-

increasingminimumwagearguments,therearethosethatbelievethataccesstohealth