week 5 need A on Assignment

February 6, 2017

Revised Argument

I will start by explaining the concept of Universal Healthcare, which refers to the fact that all people should enjoy a health coverage regardless of any factor like income, sex, or, even race.

Premise 1: Healthcare is an important aspect of every person’s life regardless of any present differences among the society members. Besides, it a human right that guarantees citizens assess to quality services, medicines as well technologies and not a commodity whose value can be gauged against money. Therefore, money should not hinder anyone from enjoying a right, because a right cannot be bought as the state’s law freely provides for it.

Premise 2: Besides, statistics show that most people in even the developed nation still lack a health Insurance cover meaning that a greater number of people leaving in poverty also do not have the crucial insurance policy a clear indication that government intervention through a health coverage policy is essential.

Premise 3: Good health care is the basis of a well-performing economy and if the government can provide free education then providing health coverage to the population should be affordable. High percentages of productivity are only possible in situations when a population is healthy.

Conclusion: It is advisable for the government to ensure that the government can offer its citizens good health regardless of the actual differences between the populations. Because good medical coverage is a basic need and a right to any citizen and as long as a right does not infringe the rights of other people then the citizen should be free to enjoy. Besides, if only a few individuals can afford the right, then it means that enjoying the power is limited on the basis that is not correct legally. Therefore, the government has to intervene so that all are entitled to the right on the same footing. Besides, if the government avails other social services like the education, therefore, it can also provide crucial services like health coverage for it citizens. Proper learning is only possible among good learners. Also, statistics have shown that the basis of any rich nation can only be a healthy population as it raises the life expectancy as well as increase the overall income that households spend to facilitate the growth of the economy.

Counter Argument

Premise 1: Health coverage increases the tax liability of the taxpayer to cater for health coverage system as well as the cost of living

Proposition 2: Health coverage reduces the quality of medical assistance offered by the medical practitioner

Premise 3: Health coverage fosters poor patient- doctor relations

Premise 4: Health Coverage increases the emergence of vices like corruption within the public sector

Conclusion: The government should not embrace the practice of health coverage because it does not fully achieve its objective of offering quality health services to the patients. Instead, it increases the tax liability of citizens as they have to pay more taxes to fund government activities of purchasing medication needed for the large population. The burden is not fairly distributed because the tax raises by income instead of benefits individuals derive from the program. The government cannot cater for that cost through its reserves. Therefore, the taxpayer must contribute. Because of fund shortages, the government results into cheaper drugs to cut on expenses whereas trying to ensure that they serve the large population a situation that sees quantity medical practices emerge while compromising the quality. Due to a large number of patient that the medics have to handle a strained doctor- patient relations develops and lastly the issues of corruptions increase as the populations try to secure an appointment with a physician through unjust methods or even acquire the free drugs that have a shortage.

References

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/sep/20/un-healthcare-ghana Kucinich, D. (9 September 2009). A New Movement: Health Care as a Civil Right. Retrieved on 18th July 2016

Should All Americans Have The Right To Health Care? - Right to Health Care - Procon.Org")

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-New-Movement-Health-Car-by-Dennis-Kucinich-090909-152.html