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A 4 page paper that begins with comments about the mistake of comparing socialized medicine with a universal health care program and the writer believes socialized medicine is really the better option. The rest of the paper provides data about health care costs and performance in the U.S. and some ideas on funding this kind of program. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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they are not even in the same classification. All industrialized and even developing countries have adopted socialized medicine policies. The UK adopted socialized medicine in 1948. We should add that
the health care services and outcomes in those nations exceeds health care in the United States by miles. Socialized medicine works because all health care providers work for the
government, thus, their incomes are controlled. Pharmaceuticals are controlled by the government in terms of what they can charge for any prescribed medicine. Pundits would have Americans believe that citizens
of all those other countries have to wait for months for appointments or procedures. The governments of these countries have focused on improving the wait time for everything. Americans do
not want socialized medicine, though, because we mistakenly believe that we will not receive as high quality service. Americans, wake up! We do not have the lowest infant mortality rate
and we do not have the highest lifespan age. Health care is like legal services in the United States. If you are wealthy, you receive the best services. If
not, you are liable to die or be convicted, depending on whether it is health or legal services you require. It is useless to discuss how to fund universal health
care without knowing some data. It is also lopsided to discuss the cost without discussing the savings. In 2009, the National Coalition on Health Care reported that health expenditures increased
by 6.9 percent in 2008, which was double the inflation rate. In 2007, $2.4 trillion was spent on health care, which amounts to $7,900 per person (National Coalition on Health
Care, 2009). Health care costs are estimated to increase to $4.3 trillion by 2017 (National Coalition on Health Care, 2009). That would equal 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)
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